02582cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000110011910000440013024500360017426400510021030000470026133600260030833700260033433800360036050000310039650802110042752011780063853400450181665300480186165300480190965300360195765300620199365300610205565300610211685600430217735995UtSlPG20260610133824.0mcr n260607r2011||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a07010029  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aNDaPR1 aSwinburne, Algernon Charles,d1837-190910aWilliam Blake: A Critical Essay 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2011  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2011-05-02  aE-text prepared by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana)  a"William Blake: A Critical Essay" by Algernon Charles Swinburne is a literary critique written in the late 19th century. The book serves as a comprehensive examination of the life and works of the visionary poet and artist William Blake, highlighting his unique contributions to art and literature. The author draws on Blake’s lesser-known designs and poems to illuminate the depth of his genius and the challenges he faced in gaining recognition during his lifetime.  The opening of the essay introduces Blake’s life and legacy, emphasizing his struggle against conventional expectations of art and poetry. Swinburne paints a vivid picture of Blake as a passionate and unconventional figure whose ideas were often ahead of his time. He reflects on Blake’s deep and sometimes chaotic spirituality, his revolutionary artistic expressions, and the complex relationships he maintained with other artists and critics of his era. The narrative sets the stage for a deeper exploration of Blake’s lyrical and prophetic writings, indicating that there is much more to his work than a surface-level interpretation might suggest. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aPoets, English -- 19th century -- Biography  aPoets, English -- 18th century -- Biography  aArtists -- England -- Biography  aBlake, William, 1757-1827 -- Criticism and interpretation  aArt and literature -- England -- History -- 18th century  aArt and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35995