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William Blake
AuthorBooks · Second hand1757-1827
William Blake was an English poet, painter and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. What he called his "prophetic works" were said by the 20th-century critic Northrop Frye to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". While he lived in London his entire life, except for three years spent in Felpham, he produced a diverse and symbolically rich collection of works, which embraced the imagination as "the body of God", or "human existence itself".
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About William Blake
Birth
1757
Death
1827
First book
1793
Years writing
233
William Blake was an English poet, painter and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. What he called his "prophetic works" were said by the 20th-century critic Northrop Frye to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". While he lived in London his entire life, except for three years spent in Felpham, he produced a diverse and symbolically rich collection of works, which embraced the imagination as "the body of God", or "human existence itself".
William Blake was a visionary English poet and artist who rarely traveled beyond London during his lifetime.
Largely unrecognized while he lived, he is now considered a seminal figure of the Romantic Age.
His work spans an impressive range of disciplines, from poetry and painting to engraving and sculpture.
Blake viewed the imagination as the body of God and the very essence of human existence.
His works, such as The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, are celebrated for their profound symbolic and prophetic depth.
