Book description
William Blake (1757-1827) was born in London, the son of a Dissenter.
In touch with traditions descending from seventeenth-century radical
scets he was on the fringe of a circle of radicals of his own day,
including Tom Paine and Mary Wollstonecraft. He learned drawing and
engraving, and later became a painter. He married in 1782, published his
first poems in 1783 and, despite poverty, wrote and illustrated his own
works. Songs of Innocence and of Experience appeared in 1794. William
Blake (1757-1827) was born in London, the son of a Dissenter. In touch
with traditions descending from seventeenth-century radical scets he was
on the fringe of a circle of radicals of his own day, including Tom
Paine and Mary Wollstonecraft. He learned drawing and engraving, and
later became a painter. He married in 1782, published his first poems in
1783 and, despite poverty, wrote and illustrated his own works. Songs of
Innocence and of Experience appeared in 1794.
