The Stranger From Paradise: A Biography of William Blake

The Stranger From Paradise: A Biography of William Blake

Blake, William, 1757-1827
Poets, English -- 18th century -- Biography
Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography
Artists -- Great Britain -- Biography

"William Blake's wife once said of him: "I have very little of Mr. Blake's company; he is always in Paradise". This illustrated biography of the great English artist, poet and mystic brings us very much into Blake's company, presenting, often in the words of his contemporaries, everything that is known of his life and times."--Jacket.

G.E. Bentley Jr.

New Haven : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press

ch. 1. 1720-1772 : God at the window -- ch. 2. 1772-1779 : the visionary apprentice -- ch. 3. 1779-1787 : "Delighted with good company" -- ch. 4. 1787-1795 : dark profitable years -- ch. 5. 1795-1800 : the ocean of business -- ch. 6. 1800-1804 : sweet Felpham and Rex vs Blake -- ch. 7. 1804-1810 : "Drunk with intellectual vision" -- ch. 8. 1810-1818 : "I am hid" -- ch. 9. 1818-1827 : the ancients and the interpreter -- Postscript : Blake's shadow of delight alone : Catherine Blake in 1827-1831.

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