Blake, William

1. An English author and artist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Blake was an early leader of romanticism. He is best known for his collections of poems Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. Blake illustrated, printed, and distributed all of his books himself.

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Photograph: Reuters/Mike Blake # William Goldenberg poses with his Oscar for achievement in film editing for Argo.

From The Guardian

BLAKE, William.—Facsimile of what is believed to be the last replica of The Songs of Innocence and of Experience executed by William Blake With an Introduction   By Edwin J. Ellis . . .

From Project Gutenberg

There are extended comments in the essays on Shakespeare, Shelley, Blake, William Morris and Balzac, but one quickly discovers that these are pseudonyms for William Butler Yeats.

From Time Magazine Archive

Blake, William, death of, 259.

From Project Gutenberg

Blake, William, artist poet, 260.

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