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William Blake's Songs of Innocence

William Blake
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Infant Joy
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Laughing Song
Little Boy Lost
Night
Nurse's Song
On Anothers Sorrow
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Songs of Innocence
Spring
The Blossom
The Chimney Sweep
The Cradle Song
The Divine Image
The Ecchoing Green
The Lamb
The Little Black Boy
The Little Boy Found
The School Boy
The Shepherd
The Voice of the Ancient Bard
William Blake

Product details

  • ISBN 9781851246427
  • Weight: 666g
  • Dimensions: 150 x 190mm
  • Publication Date: 19 Sep 2024
  • Publisher: Bodleian Library
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
  • Language: English
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One of the most important books of illustrated poetry in English literature, William Blake’s Songs of Innocence was meticulously relief-etched, printed and coloured in 1789. A unique work of composite art, it contains some of Blake’s most enduring and popular poems, delicately illustrated with his exquisite and idiosyncratic designs.

This beautiful book reproduces in colour the twenty-seven pages of the Bodleian Library’s copy of Songs of Innocence together with page-facing transcriptions and an introduction on Blake, his life and work, his illuminated printing process and the genre and continuing influence of Songs of Innocence.

Including the much-loved ‘Nurse’s Song’, ‘Little Boy Lost’ and ‘Spring’, Blake’s captivating lyrics celebrate childhood as a period of harmony and spontaneity, where the defining traits of the world are compassion, empathy and love.
About William Blake
Introduction by Mark Crosby, Associate Professor of English at Kansas State University and a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.

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