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Romantic Poets
William Blake
Personal life
Born 28 November 1757
Educated at home
Enrolled in drawing classes
Was apprenticed to an engraver for seven years
Became a student at the Royal Academy in 1779
Married Catherine Boucher in 1782
Career
Became a professional engraver at 21
First collection of poems printed in 1783
Experimented with illuminated printing
Well-known works
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
The Book of Thel
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Jerusalem
Europe Supported by Africa and America
Illustrations of the Book of Job
Cultural Influence
His work was neglected for a generation
Life of William Blake
Benjamin Britten
Noma Wendelburg
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Allen Gisberg
Bob Dylan
Jim Morrison
Robert Burns
Personal Life
Born 25 January 1759
Had little regular schooling
Grew up in poverty
Consistently unfortunate
Love affairs
Learnt to become a flax-dresser
Works
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish dialect
Oval bust-length portrait of himself
Collaborations with James Johnson
Tam O' Shanter
Auld Lang Syne
The Melodies of Scotland
Cultural Influence
W. Wordsworth
S. T. Coleridge
P. B. Shelley
The Edinburgh literati
Abraham Lincoln speech
The Catcher in the Rye
Bob Dylan