Poems and Prophecies

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Visionary poetry merging mysticism and social critique.

If your mind leans towards the ethereal with a side of social awareness, William Blake will speak to you. His poetry weaves profound ideas with a fierce critique of the society of his time, all while dancing with mystic and spiritual themes. It's like stepping into a different realm where every word is charged with meaning and every verse is a puzzle piece of the universe's grand design.

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Poems and Prophecies

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ISBN: 9780679405528
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Date of Publication: 1991-11-26
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Poetry
Related Topics: Literature, Classics
Goodreads rating: 4.34
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This is a selection of the poet's work, including all the great lyrics and the more important prophetic books. In her introduction, the poet and critic expounds Blake's esoteric theory and shows how it helped to create a poetry which is unlike any other. The tigers that crouched in Blake's baleful spiritual forests, the roses and sunflowers whose mystical properties he rendered with such accurate music, the angels with whom he wrestled and who delivered prophetic books to him late at night, were literally more real to him than the London, where, in the period of the French Revolution, he lived out his life of poverty and indignant isolation. One of England's great lyric poets; one of Europe's great visionaries.
 

Visionary poetry merging mysticism and social critique.

If your mind leans towards the ethereal with a side of social awareness, William Blake will speak to you. His poetry weaves profound ideas with a fierce critique of the society of his time, all while dancing with mystic and spiritual themes. It's like stepping into a different realm where every word is charged with meaning and every verse is a puzzle piece of the universe's grand design.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.