Selected Poetry (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Blake, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199537534 ISBN 13: 9780199537532

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2008

Synopsis

William Blake (1757-1827) was a poet of striking originality, whose poetic world of myth and mysticism continues to fascinate.

By turns a haunting lyricist, an apocalyptic visionary, and an unorthodox thinker, Blake was for years ignored or derided. Sustained by his belief in the artistic imagination, he drafted poetry, prose visions, and epigrams, and manufactured beautiful illustrated volumes of his lyrics and verse narratives. Towards the end of his life, Blake's unique and irreducible talent was recognized by a group of younger artists, who rescued much of his achievement from oblivion.

This selection represents the full range of Blake's accomplishment as a poet, ranging from early Poetical Sketches to late lyrics, and including such major works as The Book of Thel, Songs of Innocence, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Visions of the Daughters of Albion, America, Songs of Experience, and Europe.

The collection is chosen from the Oxford Authors critical edition, with Michael Mason's introduction and notes providing the ideal guide to a remarkable oeuvre.
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Review:

"Excellent book for both undergraduate and graduate studies in English Romantic Poetry. The anthology is quite comprehensive and covers Blake's major poems. The book's Introduction is brilliant and the chronology of Blake's life is very helpful and informative."--M. Enamul Karim, Rockford College "Excellent book for both undergraduate and graduate studies in English Romantic Poetry. The anthology is quite comprehensive and covers Blake's major poems. The book's Introduction is brilliant and the chronology of Blake's life is very helpful and informative."--M. Enamul Karim, Rockford College "Excellent book for both undergraduate and graduate studies in English Romantic Poetry. The anthology is quite comprehensive and covers Blake's major poems. The book's Introduction is brilliant and the chronology of Blake's life is very helpful and informative."--M. Enamul Karim, Rockford College "Excellent book for both undergraduate and graduate studies in English Romantic Poetry. The anthology is quite comprehensive and covers Blake's major poems. The book's Introduction is brilliant and the chronology of Blake's life is very helpful and informative."--M. Enamul Karim, Rockford College

About the Author:

Michael Mason is Professor in English Literature at University College London.

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0199537534
• ISBN 13: 9780199537532
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Mason Michael