{"product_id":"the-portable-william-blake-paperback","title":"The Portable William Blake - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Blake\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlfred Kazin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Portable Blake contains the hermetic genius's most important works: Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience in their entirety; selections from his \"prophetic books\"--including \u003ci\u003eThe Marriage of Heaven and Hell\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVisions of the Daughters of Abion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Urizen\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Four Zoas\u003c\/i\u003e--and from other works of poetry and prose, as well as the complete drawings for \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Job\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWILLIAM BLAKE\u003c\/b\u003e was born in London in 1757. He was educated at home and then worked as an apprentice to the engraver James Basire before joining the Royal Academy in 1779. In 1782 he married Catherine Boucher, and a year later began his career as a poet when he published \u003ci\u003ePoetical Sketches. \u003c\/i\u003eThis was followed by \u003ci\u003eSongs of Innocence \u003c\/i\u003e(1789) and \u003ci\u003eSongs of Experience \u003c\/i\u003e(1794), which he also designed and engraved. His other major literary works include \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Thel \u003c\/i\u003e(1789), \u003ci\u003eThe Marriage of Heaven and Hell \u003c\/i\u003e(c. 1793), \u003ci\u003eMilton \u003c\/i\u003e(1804-8), and \u003ci\u003eJerusalem \u003c\/i\u003e(1804-20). He produced many paintings and engravings during his lifetime. Blake died in 1827. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eALFRED KAZIN \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Brooklyn in 1915. His first book of criticism, On Native Grounds (1942), was a groundbreaking study of American literature that changed radically our way of looking at it, and established him overnight as a major figure. In a series of books of his own since then, and in many critically edited texts of classic American literary works, he established himself as our preeminent man of letters. He taught widely at Harvard, Smith, Amherst, Hunter College, the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and elsewhere. In 1996 he received from the Truman Capote Literary Trust its first Lifetime Achievement Award in Literary Criticism (in memory of Newton Arvin). He died in 1998.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 736\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 24, 1977\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47333906120953,"sku":"9780140150261","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/KhxE7rySQg9780140150261.webp?v=1769642262","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-portable-william-blake-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}