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Indlæser... The complete poetry and prose of William Blake (udgave 2008)af William Blake
Work InformationThe Poetry and Prose of William Blake {Erdman, ed.} af William Blake (Author)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Outstanding edition of Blake, the best available for a broad overview of his work. ( ) A long time ago (in high school), I was told by a teacher that he liked my poetry. It reminded him of William Blake. It's the sort of comment that sticks with you. For me, I still remember it from time to time a decade and change later. It's been a while since I've read any Blake, so perhaps it's time for another go. Throughout the Complete Works, there are essentially three parts to Blake's writing: - Philosophical writings on the nature of religion and the universe - Straight random poetry in Songs of Innocence and Experience - A looong collection of rambling poems detailing a strange fantastic mythology of angels, demons, and all sorts of other beings that seems to go on and on The first is fascinating. Blake has quite a way with words:
I like it. It's weird, but I see echos of my own personal beliefs in there. The second is what most people think of when they think of Blake. I really do recommend that everyone give Songs of Innocence and Experience a read when they get a chance. And find an illustrated version. The works and illustrations were both done by Blake and make more of a feel. My favorites: - A Cradle Song - Night - Spring - A Dream - On Anothers Sorrow - Earth's Answer - The Tyger - My Pretty Rose Tree - Infant Sorrow - A Poison Tree
Sounds so familiar. In a lot of these, I see what that high school teacher meant. They are familiar to what I'd written and before I'd ever read Blake. It makes me want to write once more. There's just something about reading and poetry. It lets you see the beauty in words and the world. The third part, the weird mythology... has a lot of beautiful and terrible imagery.
Blake has quite a way with words. That being said, they just go on and on. Read a few pages. If you like it, there's lots more. If you find yourself skipping ahead, just give it up. It doesn't really change. Honestly, I skipped large parts. So it goes. Overall, worth the read. It's an interesting contrast to what I normally read. If you give it a try, make sure you look at the illustrated versions. So very wonderfully weird. Esp. like the proverbs of hell in marriage of heaven and hell. See some writing on him: http://www.autodidactproject.org/guidblake.html the apocalypse, from The Four Zoas: Night the Ninth: "... rivn link from link the bursting Universe explodes "All things reversed flew from their centers rattling bones "To bones Join, shaking convulsd the shivering clay breathes "Each speck of dust to the Earths center nestles round & round "In pangs of an Eternal Birth in torment & awe & fear "All spirits deceasd let loose from reptile prisons come in shoals "Wild furies from the tygers brain & from the lions Eyes "And from the ox & ass come moping terrors. from the Eagle "And raven numerous as the leaves of Autumn every species "Flock to the trumpet muttring over the sides of the grave & crying "In the fierce wind round heaving rocks & mountains filld with groans "On rifted rocks suspended in the air by inward fires "Many a woful company & many on clouds & waters "Fathers & friends Mothers & Infants Kings & Warriors "Priests & chaind Captives met together in a horrible fear "And every one of the dead appears as he had livd before "And all the marks remain of the Slaves scourge & tyrants Crown "And of the Priests oergorged Abdomen & of the merchants thin "Sinewy deception & of the warriors outbraving and thoughtlessness "In lineaments too extended & in bones too strait & long "They shew their wounds they accuse they sieze the opressor howlings began ".... "One Planet calls to another & one star enquires of another "What flames are these coming from the South what noise what dreadful rout "As of a battle in the heavens hark heard you not the trumpet "As of fierce battle while they spoke the flames come on intense roaring" ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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