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William Blake: Poems (Abridged) Audiobook
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A collection of the best of poet William Blake.
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"I go back and forth about Blake. At his best, he writes really, really good poetry (for instance, I love The Tiger). Other times I am not a fan of his poetry at all. In my opinion, when he tries really hard to be prophetic his poetry often get really distasteful."
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About William Blake
William Blake (1757–1827) was an English poet, artist, and printmaker. Although largely unrecognized during his lifetime, he is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. He is held in high regard by critics for his expressiveness and creativity and for the philosophical and mystical undercurrents within his work. He produced a diverse and symbolically rich body of works that embraced the imagination as “the body of God” or “human existence itself.” Reverent of the Bible but hostile to the Church of England, he was influenced by the ideals and ambitions of the French and American revolutions, as well as by such thinkers as Emanuel Swedenborg.