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William Blake

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William Blake: Poet, Artist & Visionary - a genius of early Romanticism in England

 

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The Tyger – William Blake (Powerful Life Poetry)

 

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William Blake Top 10 Quotes

 

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William Blake | Meet 500 Years of British Art

 

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William Blake's Poems in Devil May Cry 5 - A Compilation

William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. What he called his prophetic works were said by 20th-century critic Northrop Frye to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". His visual artistry led 21st-century critic Jonathan Jones to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced". In 2002, Blake was placed at number 38 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. Although he lived in London his entire life, except for three years spent in Felpham, he produced a diverse and symbolically rich œuvre, which embraced the imagination as "the body of God" or "human existence itself".