Life of William Blake

With Selections from his Poems and Other Writings

Alexander Gilchrist author Dante Gabriel Rossetti editor William Michael Rossetti editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:31st Oct '10

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The 1880 edition of Gilchrist's influential 1863 biography of William Blake, containing a selection of Blake's writings and paintings.

The publication of this influential biography in 1863 challenged contemporary opinions of William Blake and revealed his talents as an artist and writer. Volume 2 contains a selection of Blake's poetry and prose and an annotated catalogue of his drawings and paintings.Although today William Blake (1757–1827) is recognised as a visionary poet and artist, at the time of his death he was unknown except for his presumed insanity. This highly influential two-volume biography by the barrister Alexander Gilchrist, first published in 1863 and reissued here in its second edition (1880), rescued William Blake from almost complete obscurity. The accepted interpretation of his madness was challenged and his creative talents were brought to the attention of Victorian society by the inclusion of selected writings and artistic works, nearly all previously unpublished. Volume 2 contains a large selection of Blake's poetry and prose together with an annotated catalogue of his drawings and paintings.

ISBN: 9781108013680

Dimensions: 216mm x 27mm x 140mm

Weight: 610g

480 pages