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Songs of Innocence and Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul, 1789-1794 Paperback - 1977

by William Blake; Introduction by Geoffrey Keynes


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Songs of Innocence and of Experience compiles two contrasting but directly related books of poetry by William Blake. Songs of Innocence honors and praises the natural world, the natural innocence of children and their close relationship to God. Songs of Experience contains much darker, disillusioned poems, which deal with serious, often political themes. It is believed that the disastrous end to the French Revolution produced this disillusionment in Blake. He does, however, maintain that true innocence is achieved only through experience.

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Here is a beautifully illustrated edition of Blake's classic poems. The text of each poem is given in letterpress on the page facing the color plate, and a brief commentary by Sir Geoffrey Keynes on each poem follows. It is printed on paper especially manufactured to match the tint of that used by Blake.

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  • Title Songs of Innocence and Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul, 1789-1794
  • Author William Blake; Introduction by Geoffrey Keynes
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First US Paperba
  • Pages 226
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford
  • Date 1977-10-27
  • ISBN 9780192810892 / 0192810898
  • Weight 0.41 lbs (0.19 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.1 x 5.34 x 0.47 in (20.57 x 13.56 x 1.19 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 78300013
  • Dewey Decimal Code 821.7
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