William Blake’s “The Clod & the Pebble” is a dialogue on tenderness and cruelty in three short stanzas. Read it with our critic A.O. Scott, and then play a game to memorize it.
Martha Redbone, a singer of Native American and African-American descent, sets 12 of William Blake's poems to music on her new album, The Garden... Blake's Poems, Reborn As Bluesy Folk Tunes, Burn ...
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Like a lot of people, musician Susheela Raman was introduced to William Blake with the poemThe Tyger. When she was older, and moved to the UK from Australia, she would hear the song ‘Jerusalem’ ...
A rare poetry book by William Blake has sold for a staggering £3.4m ($4.3m), making it one of the most valuable ever. The 1794 copy of Songs of Innocence and of Experience, illustrated and printed by ...
London by William Blake was published in 1794. It tells the story of a speaker walking through the city of London and noticing suffering all around them. London was published in Blake's poetry ...
William Blake’s twin talents came from a singular genius. The entrancing paintings and engravings that make up his great art comprise the biblical and the phantasmagorical: shimmering angels and ...
William Blake, an English poet, painter, and printmaker, stands as a seminal figure in the realms of both art and literature. His works are often characterised by their mysticism, symbolism, and ...
William Blake is by no means the only historical figure to have reported on such ineffable experiences. And his apparent capacity to access parts of the imagination that were beyond the realm of the ...
Some of Radiohead's most famous lyrics could have been inspired by William Blake, it has emerged, after charity shop workers found a draft in a paperback book donated by the band's frontman. Lines ...