Any thoughts about William Blake?

[DBoon]

Quote from: http://www.utopianmag.com/archives/aug2000/chris/blake1.html

The English poet and painter William Blake (1757-1827) left a body of breathtaking art and stirring, sometimes obscure poetry, much of it concerned with religion and much with the revolutionary struggles of his time—the American and French revolutions, the British radical movement of the 1790s, and later, the growing British labor and constitutional movement in the years 1810-1820. Blake's major poems—which are also beautiful artworks incorporating his own illustrations—include those collected in Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1789-1794); short narrative works like The Book of Urizen, America a Prophecy, and Europe a Prophecy, all written in the 1790s; and three long, complex narrative poems, The Four Zoas (1797-1807), Milton (1804-1818), and Jerusalem (1804-1820). This article is about Blake's idea of Jesus and its relation to revolutionary anarchism.

[vi5]

1. I'm not an expert on him but I've always liked his work...

His work has a darkness to it that I like.

[Snap]

2. War

"None can deform
the human race
Like the armourers
iron brace."

[bobthedrummer]

3. I really like what I've read of him. But I'm more into the Irish literary

scene.

[leftofthedial]

4. I can't believe he got away with murdering his wife!!!

oh, wait. never mind.

[deutsey]

8. I was going to say I was sad when he died in that MASH episode

:evilgrin:

[knowbody0]

5. you would enjoy the film DEAD MAN with johnny depp

[deutsey]

6. I love The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

From what I know of him, I admire him as a radical, mystical poet.

[Amfortas]

7. Blake is great....

not as great as milton , but still many a day when I was down I turned to him .

[Speck Tater]

9. Tiger, Tiger, burning bright...

How on earth did you ignite?

[stinkeefresh]

10. A fantastic Billy Bragg album.

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