This gorgeous hardcover volume collects the most essential poems of William Blake and demonstrates the enduring brilliance of his work.
William Blake is one of England’s most fascinating writers; he was not only a groundbreaking poet, but also a painter, engraver, radical, and mystic. Although Blake was dismissed as an eccentric by his contemporaries, his powerful and richly symbolic poetry has been a fertile source of inspiration to the many writers and artists who have followed in his footsteps.
Blake: Poems
contains a wide selection of Blake's work, including
Songs of Innocence
,
Songs of Experience
, poems from Blake's Ms. book, poems from
The Prophetic Books
, and an index of first lines.
Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a jewel-toned jacket.