{"product_id":"the-complete-poetry-prose-of-william-blake-paperback","title":"The Complete Poetry \u0026 Prose of William Blake - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Blake\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid V. Erdman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eHarold Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e (Commentaries by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince its first publication in 1965, this edition has been widely hailed as the best available text of Blake's poetry and prose. Now revised, if includes up-to-date work on variants, chronology of poems and critical commentary by Harold Bloom. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn \"Approved Edition\" of the Center for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince its first publication in 1965, this edition has been widely hailed as the best available text of Blake's poetry and prose. Now revised, if includes up-to-date work on variants, chronology of poems and critical commentary by Harold Bloom. \u003cbr\u003eAn \"Approved Edition\" of the Center for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association.\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\u003eDavid V. Erdman\u003c\/b\u003e was an American literary critic, editor, and Professor Emeritus of English at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Professor Erdman established his reputation as a William Blake scholar. Erdman is the author of \u003ci\u003eBlake: Prophet against Empire, The Poems of William Blake, The Illuminated Blake: All of William Blake's Illuminated Works with a Plate-by-Plate Commentary, \u003c\/i\u003eand more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarold Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e is a Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University and a former Charles Eliot Norton Professor at Harvard. His more than forty books include \u003ci\u003eThe Anxiety of Influence, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Western Canon, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe American Religion\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a MacArthur Prize Fellow, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the recipient of many awards and honorary degrees, including the Academy's Gold Medal for Belles Lettres and Criticism, the Catalonia International Prize, and the Alfonso Reyes International Prize of Mexico. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut, and in New York City.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1024\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.95 x 9.2 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755656347936,"sku":"9780385152136","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9149adbff3e4c70cc7b7d7239afac385.webp?v=1780064985","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-complete-poetry-prose-of-william-blake-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}