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WILLIAM BLAKE (1757 - 1827) - Coggle Diagram
WILLIAM BLAKE (1757 - 1827)
PRE ROMANTIC MOVENT
he was agains the effects of the Industrial Revolution and its developments on Man's soul
He rejected neoclassical literary style and thems
POET
IMAGINATION
the way in which Man knows the world. Imagination from inner visions and not from nature
SYMBOLS
to avoid the real world where rationality and materialism don't allow FAITH and INTUITION.
POET/PROPHET
the poet can see more deeply into reality and warns people against the evils of society
GUARDIAN of Man's soul
ART
PAINTER
illustrations for The Paradise Lost (MIlton) and the Divine Commedy
religious subjects (illustrations of the Bible)
ILLUMINATED PRINTING which combine picture and poetic text
PROPHET
wrote some prophetic books in which he expressed his Romantic and revolutionary beliefs. THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL
POLITICAL
Freethinker and radical. He supported the French Revolution
SONGS OF EXPERIENCE during the period of the Terror in France. He represents a PESSIMISTIC and COMPLEX view of life.
SONGS OF INNOCENCE
Before the outbrake of the French Revolution. It talks abou the CHILDHOOD as the symbol of innocence (happiness, freedom and immagination).