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William Blake (Critical Survey of Poetry)

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William Blake’s prose includes An Island in the Moon (wr. c. 1784), To the Public: Prospectus (1793), A Descriptive Catalogue (1809), marginalia, and letters. It is almost a given with Blake scholarship and criticism that the interrelation of poetry and design is vital. David V. Erdman’s The Illuminated Blake (1975) includes all of Blake’s illuminated works, text, and design, with a plate-by-plate commentary.

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William Blake’s reputation during his lifetime was not a fraction of what it is...

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