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LoC No.: 07010029
Title: William Blake: A Critical Essay
Credits: E-text prepared by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana)
Summary: "William Blake: A Critical Essay" by Algernon Charles Swinburne is a literary critique written in the late 19th century. The book serves as a comprehensive examination of the life and works of the visionary poet and artist William Blake, highlighting his unique contributions to art and literature. The author draws on Blake’s lesser-known designs and poems to illuminate the depth of his genius and the challenges he faced in gaining recognition during his lifetime. The opening of the essay introduces Blake’s life and legacy, emphasizing his struggle against conventional expectations of art and poetry. Swinburne paints a vivid picture of Blake as a passionate and unconventional figure whose ideas were often ahead of his time. He reflects on Blake’s deep and sometimes chaotic spirituality, his revolutionary artistic expressions, and the complex relationships he maintained with other artists and critics of his era. The narrative sets the stage for a deeper exploration of Blake’s lyrical and prophetic writings, indicating that there is much more to his work than a surface-level interpretation might suggest. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 59.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Author: Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909
EBook No.: 35995
Published: May 2, 2011
Downloads: 232
Language: English
Subject: Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography
Subject: Poets, English -- 18th century -- Biography
Subject: Artists -- England -- Biography
Subject: Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Criticism and interpretation
Subject: Art and literature -- England -- History -- 18th century
Subject: Art and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century
LoCC: Fine Arts: Painting
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
LoC No.: 07010029
Title: William Blake: A Critical Essay
Credits: E-text prepared by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana)
Summary: "William Blake: A Critical Essay" by Algernon Charles Swinburne is a literary critique written in the late 19th century. The book serves as a comprehensive examination of the life and works of the visionary poet and artist William Blake, highlighting his unique contributions to art and literature. The author draws on Blake’s lesser-known designs and poems to illuminate the depth of his genius and the challenges he faced in gaining recognition during his lifetime. The opening of the essay introduces Blake’s life and legacy, emphasizing his struggle against conventional expectations of art and poetry. Swinburne paints a vivid picture of Blake as a passionate and unconventional figure whose ideas were often ahead of his time. He reflects on Blake’s deep and sometimes chaotic spirituality, his revolutionary artistic expressions, and the complex relationships he maintained with other artists and critics of his era. The narrative sets the stage for a deeper exploration of Blake’s lyrical and prophetic writings, indicating that there is much more to his work than a surface-level interpretation might suggest. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 59.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Author: Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909
EBook No.: 35995
Published: May 2, 2011
Downloads: 232
Language: English
Subject: Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography
Subject: Poets, English -- 18th century -- Biography
Subject: Artists -- England -- Biography
Subject: Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Criticism and interpretation
Subject: Art and literature -- England -- History -- 18th century
Subject: Art and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century
LoCC: Fine Arts: Painting
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.