The Essential Blake
Categories: Literature & Fiction
This selection of William Blake's poetry was chosen and introduced by the American poet Stanley Kunitz. It includes poems from Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, such as The Tyger and London, along with passages from Blake's longer prophetic works. Kunitz's introduction explains Blake's visionary imagination, his radical politics and his place among the English Romantic poets, making the book a compact introduction for new readers.
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- Shane Parrish: “Why Blake? Maybe it was because Steve Jobs was a huge William Blake fan. Or, maybe it was because of his background. Either way this served as a gentle introduction to Blake, who was considered a crank and madman by his contemporaries.”