Blake: a Biography

✍ Scribed by Ackroyd, Peter; Blake, William

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 442
• Edition: 1st Ballantine books ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

He was a child who saw angels, a painter whose works were as neglected in his lifetime as they are celebrated today. In this innovative biography of the enigmatic eighteenth-century master, the author of Chatterton clarifies at last the true nature of William Blake's extraordinary life and art. 24-page color insert. Illustrations throughout.

✦ Table of Contents

Covers......Page 1
Title page......Page 7
Dedication......Page 9
Epigraph......Page 10
Contents......Page 11
List of Illustrations......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 16
BLAKE......Page 17
1 O why was I born with a different face?......Page 19
2 The Whole Bible is fill'd with Imagination & Visions......Page 29
3 All that we See is Vision......Page 32
4 I devoted myself to Engraving in my Earliest Youth......Page 38
5 Each Identity is Eternal......Page 49
6 A Temple built by Albions Children......Page 53
7 We do not want either Greek or Roman Models......Page 65
8 My Eyes are always upon thee......Page 82
9 The Ocean of Business......Page 100
10 And so he was quiet......Page 125
11 From Lambeth We began our Foundations......Page 129
12 the crushing Wheels......Page 133
13 Jerusalems Inner Court......Page 135
14 eyes of fury......Page 145
15 walking among the fires......Page 149
16 The Bible of Hell......Page 169
17 Newtons sleep......Page 194
18 Go on & on......Page 197
19 Felphams Vale......Page 215
20 Scofield the Accuser......Page 246
21 Despair......Page 256
22 organized and minutely articulated......Page 286
23 arise with Exultation......Page 305
24 I [was] am hid......Page 307
25 not drawing, but inspiration......Page 325
26 the words fly about the room......Page 339
27 I will arise......Page 359
28 The Imagination which Liveth for Ever......Page 362
Source Notes......Page 374
Bibliography......Page 385
Index......Page 393
About the Author......Page 402
first section......Page 403
second section......Page 411
Colour plates ......Page 419

✦ Subjects

Biography;Nonfiction;Art;Poetry;History;Biography Memoir;Art History;European Literature;British Literature;Literature;Medievalism;Romanticism