William Blake

The simple and beautiful eloquence of William Blake's poetry is exemplified here in "Songs of Innocence and of Experience." This collection of forty-six poems is actually two volumes in one. After first completing and publishing "Songs of Innocence" in 1789 Blake would, some five years later, add "Songs of Experience" …

Cristo ensinou que o homem se salva pela fé e pela ética; Swedenborg acrescentou a inteligência; Blake nos impõe três caminhos de salvação: o moral; o intelectual e o estético. Afirmou que o terceiro havia sido pregado por Cristo, já que cada parábola é um poema. Como Buda, cuja doutrina, de fato, era ignorada, …

The Book of Urizen is one of the major prophetic books of the English writer William Blake, illustrated by Blake's own plates. It was originally published as The First Book of Urizen in 1794. Later editions dropped the "First". The book takes its name from the character Urizen in Blake's mythology, who represents …