approaching english literature by students os 4 eso
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BIBLIOGRAPHY BIBLIOGRAPHY WILLIAM BLAKEWILLIAM BLAKE
José Manuel Delgado García and Paula Rodero Minguet
Class: 4º B
WILLIAM BLAKE’S LIFE
William Blake was born in London on November 28 of 1757.
He was a poet, a painter, engraver and mystical Englishman.
William Blake was born in a middle class family, his father was a hosier and his mother Catherine Wright, belongued to moravian church (a religious sect).
On August 4 of 1772, at the age of fourteen years, Blake began his seven years of learning with James Basire.
William blake married on August 18 of 1782 in St's church Mary Battersea.
Catherine was for then illiterate, and she signed with one x your marital contract.
Blake would teach him to read and write.
William Blake died in 1827 and his was buried in a tomb without naming.
LITERARY WORKS
Iluminated books
h.1788: "All Religions are One". "There is No Natural Religion".
1789: "Songs of Innocence" ("Cantares de inocencia"). (*)"The Book of Thel".
1790–1793: "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" ("El matrimonio del cielo y el infierno"). 1793: "Visions of the Daughters of Albion" ("Las visiones de las hijas de Albión").
"America: a Prophecy" ("América: una profecía"). 1794: "Europe: a Prophecy" ("Europa: una profecía").
"The First Book of Urizen" ("El libro de Urizén"). "Songs of Experience" ("Canciones de experiencia"). (*)
1795: "The Book of Los". "The Song of Los". "The Book of Ahania".
h.1804–h.1811: "Milton: a Poem" ("Milton: un poema"). 1804–1820: "Jerusalem: The Emanation of The Giant Albion" ("Jerusalén").
Not illuminated books
1783: Poetical Sketches (*)1789: Tiriel 1791: The French Revolution 1797: The Four Zoas
Illustrated by Blake
1791: Mary Wollstonecraft, Original Stories from Real Life. 1797: Edward Young, Night Thoughts. 1805–1808: Robert Blair, The Grave.1808: John Milton, Paraíso perdido. 1819–1820: John Varley, Visionary Heads. 1821: R.J. Thornton, Virgil. 1823–1826: El libro de Job. 1825–1827: Dante, La Divina Comedia (inacabado).