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William Blake

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By G. K. Chesterton
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The author offers a concise biographical and critical portrait of his subject, recounting formative episodes and the character revealed by them. He explores the subject's visionary imagination and elaborate symbolic cosmology, showing how private myth and prophetic imagery shaped both poetry and visual work. The study places these creations against contemporary intellectual currents, contrasting mystical intensity with prevailing rationalist tendencies. Close readings of emblematic plates and texts highlight recurring themes of innocence and experience, rebellion and reconciliation, while an engaging narrative voice combines anecdote and interpretation for general readers.

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Title: William Blake

Author: G. K. Chesterton

Release date: March 16, 2022 [eBook #67639]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United Kingdom: Duckworth & Co, 1910

Credits: Thomas Frost, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WILLIAM BLAKE ***

The Popular Library of Art

ALBRECHT DÜRER (37 Illustrations).
    By Lina Eckenstein.

ROSSETTI (53 Illustrations).
    By Ford Madox Hueffer.

REMBRANDT (61 Illustrations).
    By Auguste Bréal.

FRED. WALKER (32 Illustrations and Photogravure).
    By Clementina Black.

MILLET (32 Illustrations).
    By Romain Rolland.

LEONARDO DA VINCI (44 Illustrations).
    By Dr Georg Gronau.

GAINSBOROUGH (55 Illustrations).
    By Arthur B. Chamberlain.

THE FRENCH IMPRESSIONISTS (50 Illustrations).
    By Camille Mauclair.

BOTTICELLI (37 Illustrations).
    By Julia Cartwright (Mrs Ady).

VELAZQUEZ (51 Illustrations).
    By Auguste Bréal.

WATTS (33 Illustrations).
    By G. K. Chesterton.

RAPHAEL (50 Illustrations).
    By Julia Cartwright (Mrs Ady).

HOLBEIN (50 Illustrations).
    By Ford Madox Hueffer.

ENGLISH WATER COLOUR PAINTERS (42 Illustrations).
    By A. J. Finberg.

WATTEAU (35 Illustrations).
    By Camille Mauclair.

PERUGINO (50 Illustrations).
    By Edward Hutton.

THE PRE-RAPHAELITE BROTHERHOOD (38 Illustrations).
    By Ford Madox Hueffer.

CRUIKSHANK (55 Illustrations).
    By W. H. Chesson.

WHISTLER (26 Illustrations).
    By Bernhard Sickert.

HOGARTH (48 Illustrations).
    By Edward Garnett.

WILLIAM BLAKE (33 Illustrations).
    By G. K. Chesterton.

FROM “SONGS OF INNOCENCE”

1789

WILLIAM BLAKE

BY

G. K. CHESTERTON

AUTHOR OF “ROBERT BROWNING,” ETC.

LONDON:      DUCKWORTH & CO.
NEW YORK   E. P. DUTTON & CO.

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TURNBULL AND SPEARS,
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