Songs of Innocence and of Experience

Name: Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Brand: Pan Macmillan
SKU: 9781529025859
Price: 14.88 EUR
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English

By (author): William Blake

Illustrated by: William Blake

William Blakes Songs of Innocence and of Experience includes some of the visionary poets finest and best-loved poems such as The Lamb, The Chimney-Sweeper and The Tiger.

Part of the Macmillan Collectors Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has a foreword by Peter Harness.

Blakes work is instantly recognizable by its flamboyance and inventiveness. This gorgeous edition contains stunning reproductions of the fifty-four plates of the poems and illustrations together, which Blake etched himself and coloured by hand. Each has the poem printed on the facing page. Whilst Songs of Innocence captures the innocence of childhood, Songs of Experience is its contrasting sequel.

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Product Details

Weight: 168g
Dimensions: 101 x 157mm
Publication Date: 08 Aug 2019
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781529025859

About William Blake

William Blake was born in London in 1757. He was apprenticed to a master engraver and then studied at the Royal Academy under the guidance of Joshua Reynolds. In 1789 he engraved and published Songs of Innocence and the contrasting Songs of Experience came later in 1794. A poet painter and printmaker of great originality and imagination his work was largely unrecognized during his lifetime and he struggled to make a living. Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. He died in 1827.