First appearing in 1981, this book was the first full-length study of the Songs of Innocence and Experience to be published in almost fifteen years. The book provides detailed readings of each poem and its accompanying design, to redirect attention to the nature and achievement of the book as a whole, to Songs as a single, carefully unified work of verbal and visual art. Particularly close attention is paid, not only to the designs Blake etched to accompany his poems, but also to the many books and treatises for and about ...
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First appearing in 1981, this book was the first full-length study of the Songs of Innocence and Experience to be published in almost fifteen years. The book provides detailed readings of each poem and its accompanying design, to redirect attention to the nature and achievement of the book as a whole, to Songs as a single, carefully unified work of verbal and visual art. Particularly close attention is paid, not only to the designs Blake etched to accompany his poems, but also to the many books and treatises for and about children to which, it is argued, Songs alludes or is indebted. Like so many important works of this period, Songs is shown to be autobiographical in nature, one of Blake's attempts to order and account for the conflicts and crises of his own art and life. Its story is that of an artist's growth into and out of vision, and of his gradual realization of the dangers and deficiencies of the prophetic mode.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 600grams, ISBN: 0710006357.
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VG+ in VG+ jacket. Octavo. Blue cloth covered boards and spine with shiny silver foil lettering on the spine. Book has light bumping at the head and tail of the spine. There is a darker, circular shadow on the front board at the tail of the spine where the book suffered a spill (no warping or deformation). White endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Couple faint spots on the lower edge of the textblock associated with the spill (but nothing enters the book at all-only on the surface)-pages are otherwise clean, white, and crisp. 259 pages. Illustrated with a section of artwork in the center of the book. Dust Jacket-has just a trace of rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and at the extreme tips of the corners. 1/8" closed tear in the upper edge of the front cover.
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