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William Blake
1757-1827 (70 years)
Blake as Artist• William Blake is a visual artist FIRST and a poet
second – his poetry serves his engravings• Lower class origins • Nearly unknown in his lifetime – he is very
influenced by earlier writers and artists, but has no effect about others until 20th C
• Wildly original theology – God is “universal man,” and the original sin is human falling away from unity with one another into self-sufficiency– Poetry can provide insight into human condition, and is
potentially redemptive or salvific
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