Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul, 1789-1794 (Oxford Paperbacks)

William Blake

ISBN 10: 0192810898 / ISBN 13: 9780192810892

Published by Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, Oxford, 1970

Blake was one of the finest craftsmen of his time, an artist for whom art and poetry were inextricably linked. He was an indepedent and rebellious thinker, who abhorred pretention and falsity in others. His Songs of Innocence are products of this innocent imagination untainted by worldliness, while the Songs of Experience resulted from his feelings of indignation and pity for the sufferings of mankind. The Songs of Innocence and Experience , containing some of Blake's finest and best-loved poems, are presented here in the form which best satisfied the high expectations of his poetic and artistic aspirations. The fifty-four plates which Blake originallly etched and coloured by hand are faithfully reproduced with the same delicacy and dimensions as the artist created them. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR001287479

Synopsis:

A beautifully illustrated edition of Blake's classic poems of innocence and experience.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Songs of Innocence and of Experience: ...
Publisher: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, Oxford
Publication Date: 1970
Binding: Paperback
Illustrator: William Blake
Condition: Good