Songs of Innocence and of Experience

Name: Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Author: William Blake
ISBN: 9781910150511

Author: William Blake
Series: Timeless Classics
Language: English
Length: 50 pages
ISBN: 9781910150511
Published: 15 February 2014
Imprint: Urban Romantics

William Blake
Romantic Age
Romanticism
mystic
mysticism
poetry
songs
poetic
soul
human soul

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Description

Songs of Innocence and of Experience is a collection of poems by William Blake showing the two contrary states of the human soul. Poems from both books have been set to music by many composers, including Ralph Vaughan Williams, Joseph Holbrooke, Sven-David Sandstrom, Benjamin Britten, Jacob ter Veldhuis,John Tavener, Jah Wobble, Tangerine Dream and others. This Urban Romantics edition includes both original books.

Author

William Blake was an English poet, painter and printmaker. Blake is considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. Blake's work is characterised by expressiveness and creativity as well as many undercurrents of the philosophical and mystical nature. His most notable work includes Songs of Innocence and Experience, (paper back), (eBook).

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