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The stranger from paradise : a biography of William Blake / G.E. Bentley, Jr.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating PR4146 .B46 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bentley, G. E., Jr. (Gerald Eades), 1930-2017.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blake, William, 1757-1827.
- Blake, William.
- Artists--England--Biography.
- Artists.
- England.
- Poets, English--18th century--Biography.
- Poets, English.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 532 pages, 72 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical tables, portraits ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, [2001]
- Summary:
- This fascinating and generously illustrated biography of William Blake, the great English artist, poet, and mystic, encompasses virtually everything that is known of his life and times. Often invoking the words of Blake's own contemporaries, G. E. Bentley describes the struggles of Blake's youth, his gradual embrace of the power of the spirit and visionary art and literature, and the serenity he achieved in his old age.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [447]-492) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0300089392
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