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William Blake

Scope|Circulating Books|Critical Sources|Periodicals, Journals, & Trade Publications|Web Sites

 

Scope:  William Blake was an 18th century British visionary poet. He debunked the strict classical theories of the time in favor of the power of  the imagination. Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience are two of his noteworthy works of poetry.

 

CIRCULATING COLLECTION


Books of William Blake's works are listed in our on- line catalog under " Blake, William," and under individual titles, i.e. The Complete Poetry and Prose

 

Books written by and about William Blake have the call number(s):

PR 4141

PR 4146,PR 4147

 

Blake, William. Blake’s Poetry and Designs. New York: W.W. Norton, 2008.

 

CD (Compact disc) #83 Four Blake Songs

 

CRITICAL SOURCES


There are books in the Reference Collection that do not circulate, but pages may be photocopied.
The following titles are appropriate to this topic:

 

REF PR4146 .A24 1988 A Blake Dictionary: The Ideas and Symbols of William Blake

 

REF PR502 .C85 1992 Critical Survey of Poetry

 

REF PS243 .A54 Dictionary of Literary Biography  Vol. 93

 

REF PN44 .M3 Masterplots Vol. 15 Check under authors  last name

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

Click the links for a list of full text journals available through our databases in:

WEB SITES


Voice of the Shuttle

http://vos.ucsb.edu

 

Literary Resources on the Net

http://newark.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/american.html

 

The William Blake Archive

http://www.village.virginia.edu/blake/

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Updated 07/24/2008