The Illuminated Books of William Blake, Volume 5: Milton, A Poem

The core of William Blake's vision, his greatness as one of the British Romantics, is most fully expressed in his Illuminated Books, masterworks of art and text intertwined and mutually enriching. Made possible by recent advances in printing and reproduction technology, the publication of new editions of Jerusalem and Songs of Innocence and of Experience in 1991 was a major publishing event. Now these two volumes are followed by The Early Illuminated Books and Milton, A Poem. The books in both volumes are reproduced from the best available copies of Blake's originals and in faithfulness and accuracy match the acclaimed standards set by Jerusalem and Songs. These two volumes are uniform in format and binding with the first two volumes.

The Early Illuminated Books comprises All Religions Are One and There Is No Natural Religion; Thel; Marriage of Heaven and Hell; and Visions of the Daughters of Albion. Milton, A Poem, second only to Jerusalem in extent and ambition, is accompanied by Laocon, The Ghost of Abel, and On Homer's Poetry.

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The Illuminated Books of William Blake, Volume 5: Milton, A Poem

The core of William Blake's vision, his greatness as one of the British Romantics, is most fully expressed in his Illuminated Books, masterworks of art and text intertwined and mutually enriching. Made possible by recent advances in printing and reproduction technology, the publication of new editions of Jerusalem and Songs of Innocence and of Experience in 1991 was a major publishing event. Now these two volumes are followed by The Early Illuminated Books and Milton, A Poem. The books in both volumes are reproduced from the best available copies of Blake's originals and in faithfulness and accuracy match the acclaimed standards set by Jerusalem and Songs. These two volumes are uniform in format and binding with the first two volumes.

The Early Illuminated Books comprises All Religions Are One and There Is No Natural Religion; Thel; Marriage of Heaven and Hell; and Visions of the Daughters of Albion. Milton, A Poem, second only to Jerusalem in extent and ambition, is accompanied by Laocon, The Ghost of Abel, and On Homer's Poetry.

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The Illuminated Books of William Blake, Volume 5: Milton, A Poem

The Illuminated Books of William Blake, Volume 5: Milton, A Poem

The Illuminated Books of William Blake, Volume 5: Milton, A Poem

The Illuminated Books of William Blake, Volume 5: Milton, A Poem

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The core of William Blake's vision, his greatness as one of the British Romantics, is most fully expressed in his Illuminated Books, masterworks of art and text intertwined and mutually enriching. Made possible by recent advances in printing and reproduction technology, the publication of new editions of Jerusalem and Songs of Innocence and of Experience in 1991 was a major publishing event. Now these two volumes are followed by The Early Illuminated Books and Milton, A Poem. The books in both volumes are reproduced from the best available copies of Blake's originals and in faithfulness and accuracy match the acclaimed standards set by Jerusalem and Songs. These two volumes are uniform in format and binding with the first two volumes.

The Early Illuminated Books comprises All Religions Are One and There Is No Natural Religion; Thel; Marriage of Heaven and Hell; and Visions of the Daughters of Albion. Milton, A Poem, second only to Jerusalem in extent and ambition, is accompanied by Laocon, The Ghost of Abel, and On Homer's Poetry.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780691001487
Publisher: William Blake Trust
Publication date: 09/04/1998
Series: Blake Series
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 286
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 12.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

David Bindman is Durning-Lawrence Professor of the History of Art at University College, London. Robert N. Essick and Joseph Viscomi are Professors of English at, respectively, University of California at Riverside and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Table of Contents

PREFACE by David Bindman, General Editor 6
FOREWORD 7
CITATIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS 8
MILTON A POEM
Introduction 9
The Plates 43
Supplementary Illustrations 93
The Text with Commentary 110
THE FINAL ILLUMINATED WORKS: The Ghost of Abel, On Homers Poetry [and] On Virgil, and Laocoön
Introduction 220
The Plates 244
Supplementary Illustrations 248
The Texts with Commentaries 253
WORKS CITED 279

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