William Blake (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: James Daugherty
- First Published: 1960
- Time of Work: 1757–1827
- Setting: London
- Principal Characters: William Blake, Catherine Blake, William Hayley
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Family or family life, Authors or writers, Art or artists, Marriage, Poetry or poets, Writing, England or English people, Eighteenth century, London, Painting or painters, Biography, Apprentices
- Locales: London, England
Form and Content
William Blake, by James Daugherty, is divided into six parts. The first five parts cover the different phases of Blake’s life, from his birth in 1757 to his death in 1827. The dividing line for each part is Blake’s place of residence. Each part consists of at least four short chapters, many of which are subtitled with epigraphs from Blake’s own works or letters. Part 6 contains black-and-white reproductions of Blake’s twenty-one designs for Illustrations of the Book of Job (1825), with a commentary by Daugherty on the facing page of each...
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