The Urizen Books (The Illuminated Books of William Blake, Volume 6)
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (523 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691001464 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 232 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
David Worrall teaches in the English department of St. Mary's University College, Strawberry Hill, England, and is an Associate Editor of Blake Quarterly.
Blake conceived and executed The Continental Prophecies and The Urizen Books in the early 1790s, capturing the intellectual and spiritual turmoil of the American and French revolutions. Here, for the first time, the general reader will encounter Blake's most intense vision in reproductions that do justice to the originals, accompanied by texts, comprehensive notes and commentaries, and detailed interpretations of the designs.The Urizen Books, made up of "Urizen," "The Book of Los," and "Ahania," describes the dissemination of the autocratic mythology of Urizen, Blake's inflexibly rationalist and myopic law-giver. The last volumes in the series of William Blake's Illuminated Books reveal the writer and artist as a prophet driven by a sense of apocalyptic urgency. These books stand as the author's sensible and considered response to the events of his time. The illuminated text of "Urizen" and the ten full-page illustrations from copy D in the British Museum, never before reproduced, represent a tour de force in Blake's specialist process of color printing.These volumes complete the six-part series of William Blake's Illuminated Books, including Jerusalem, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, The Early
. The works stand, more than has subsequently been thought, as Blake's sensible and considered response to the difficult times of their composition. Urizen, the Book of Los and Ahania set out to describe the dissemination of the autocratic mythology of Urizen, Blake's inflexibly rationalist and myopic law-giver. From the Back Cover In Lambeth in the 1790's, against a background of war and revolution in the American colonies and in Europe, and at home the denial of civil liberties and emergent radicalism, William Blake composed three uncompromising books in illuminated printing with which to present alternative accounts of creation and th
Fantastic!!!!! WildEyedBoy Un libro che un adoratore di William Blake non può non avere nella propria libreria.Illustrazioni bellissime e commentate una per una. Una open window nel mondo visionario di Blake che consente anche ai non addetti ai lavorio agli studiosi del grande artista inglese di penetrare le sue opere.DA COMPRARE!!!!. Five Stars petrvs Excellent. "Beautiful images, great helps for the general reader" according to Craig Matteson. These three works in some ways develop the characters Blake used in the three Continental Prophecies. But don't expect any kind of coherent development or to be able to fathom out any kind of understandable timeline. This is Blake after all. Most of this book is helpful introduction, commentary, notes, and supplementary materials."The First Book of Urizen" is the longest of the three and the most illustrated. It has images that are absolutely unforgettable. They have a power and emotional impact that holds the vie