WILLIAM BLAKE
\wˈɪli͡əm blˈe͡ɪk], \wˈɪliəm blˈeɪk], \w_ˈɪ_l_iə_m b_l_ˈeɪ_k]\
Definitions of WILLIAM BLAKE
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- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1910 - Warner's dictionary of authors ancient and modern
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An English poet and artist; born in London, Nov. 28, 1757; died there. Aug. 12, 1827. He learned to draw; became a noted illustrator and engraver; had a printshop in London; and exhibited at the Royal Academy. His imagination was strange, powerful, grotesque, and poetic; and his belief was that his poems and drawings were communications from the spirit world. His "Poetical Sketches" (London, 1783); "Songs of Innocence" (1789); and "Songs of Experience" (1794), contain pastoral and lyrical poems of great beauty. His "Prophetic Books", including "Book of Thel" (1789); "Marriage of Heaven and Hell" (1790); "Book of Urizen" (1794); "Book of Los" (1795); "Book of Ahania" (1795); "Jerusalem" (1804); and "Milton" (1804), are famous. His greatest artistic work is in "Illustrations to the Book of Job" (1826).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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