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William Blake 1757 - 1827 (THEMES: (prophet of imagination and symbolism,…
William Blake
1757 - 1827
LIFE
He lived in London
educated at home
He was a famous engraver (Dante’s Divina Commedia)
THEMES
:
prophet of
imagination and symbolism
squalor
of the contemporary world
social conscience
: sympathy with the sufferings of the poor
inspired by the
Bible, Milton, Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare
Poems:
short, simple and popular metres
search for
freedom
: against tyranny, slavery
love for
justice and democracy
exaltation of spiritual vision over the impressions of the physical senses
exaltation of
instinct and intuition
over education
exaltation of the
spirit
over the body
imagination as the highest gift of the artist,
a god-like faculty
the artist can reach
the deep truth
of reality through his creative vision
Masterpiece:
SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND OF EXPERIENCE
(1794)
the eternal balance and contrast between
good and evil
childhood
as a state of purity and innocence
the two contrary states of the human soul that is
innocence and experience
alienation
of the adult world