By Sarah Haggarty,Jon Mee

Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1794) is William Blake's best-known paintings, containing such normal poems as 'London', 'Sick Rose' and 'The Tyger'. Evolving over the author's lifetime, the gathering was once published by means of Blake himself on his personal press.

This Reader's Guide:

• explains the original improvement of Songs as an illuminated book
• considers the earliest reactions to the textual content in the course of Blake's lifetime, and his collecting posthumous recognition within the 19th century
• explores sleek serious techniques and up to date debates
• discusses key themes which were of abiding curiosity to critics, together with the connection among textual content and photograph in Blake's 'composite art'.

Insightful and stimulating, this introductory advisor is a useful source for someone who's trying to navigate their approach in the course of the mass of feedback surrounding Blake's such a lot widely-studied work.

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