Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Life of William Blake: With Selections from His Poems and Other Writings

Life of William Blake: With Selections from His Poems and Other Writings

Gilchrist, Alexander
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
Gilchrist

Paperback

ArtistsLiterary FiguresGeneral Art

ISBN10: 1108013678
ISBN13: 9781108013673
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Oct 31 2010
Pages: 508
Weight: 1.41
Height: 1.13 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Although today William Blake (1757-1827) is recognised as a visionary poet and artist, at the time of his death he was unknown except for his presumed insanity. This highly influential two-volume biography by the barrister Alexander Gilchrist, first published in 1863 and reissued here in its second edition (1880), rescued William Blake from almost complete obscurity. The accepted interpretation of his madness was challenged and his creative talents were brought to the attention of Victorian society by the inclusion of selected writings and artistic works, nearly all previously unpublished. Volume 1 of Gilchrist's book is an account of William Blake's life, combining excerpts from his written works and paintings with detailed biographical information drawn from surviving letters and contemporary accounts.

Also in

Artists

View All