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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 March 2025. English poet and artist (1757–1827) For other people named William Blake, see William Blake (disambiguation). William Blake Portrait by Thomas Phillips (1807) Born (1757-11-28) 28 November 1757 Soho, London, England Died 12 August 1827 (1827-08-12) (aged 69) Charing Cross, London, England ...
William Blake (1757–1827) was an English poet, visionary, painter, and printmaker. William Blake may also refer to: William Blake (merchant) (d.1696), philanthropist who founded the Ladies Charity School, Highgate; William Blake (economist) (1774–1852), English writer on monetary policy and government expenditure
Blake is a character in Tracy Chevalier's novel Burning Bright (2007), which centres on a family who live next door to him in Lambeth while he is writing Songs of Experience. [9] In Orson Scott Card's series The Tales of Alvin Maker, William Blake was depicted under the name "Taleswapper". [10]
The composer Victoria Poleva completed Songs of Innocence and of Experience in 2002, a chamber cycle on the verses by Blake for soprano, clarinet and accordion. It was first performed by the ensemble Accroche-Note of France. [23] Electronic rock group Tangerine Dream based their 1987 album Tyger on lyrics by William Blake. [24]
The prophetic books of the English poet and artist William Blake contain an invented mythology, in which Blake worked to encode his spiritual and political ideas into a prophecy for a new age. This desire to recreate the cosmos is the heart of his work and his psychology.
Blake (surname), a surname of English origin (includes a list of people with the name) William Blake (1757–1827), English poet, painter, and printmaker Places
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In William Blake's mythology, Beulah, originally Hebrew בְּעוּלָה (bə‘ūlāh, traditionally transliterated Beulah / ˈ b juː l ə / BEW-lə and meaning "married" or "espoused" [1]), is "the realm of the Subconscious, the source of poetic inspiration and of dreams."