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William Blake's prophetic books

Index William Blake's prophetic books

The prophetic books of the 18th-century English poet and artist William Blake are a series of lengthy, interrelated poetic works drawing upon Blake's own personal mythology. [1]

27 relations: America a Prophecy, American Revolution, Continental prophecies, David V. Erdman, England, English literature, Enitharmon, Europe a Prophecy, Harold Bloom, Jerusalem The Emanation of the Giant Albion, Lyric poetry, Milton: A Poem in Two Books, Mysticism, Mythopoeia, Northrop Frye, Orc (Blake), The Book of Ahania, The Book of Los, The Book of Thel, The Book of Urizen, The Song of Los, Tiriel (poem), Vala, or The Four Zoas, Visionary, Visions of the Daughters of Albion, William Blake, William Blake's mythology.

America a Prophecy

America a Prophecy is a 1793 prophetic book by the English poet and illustrator William Blake.

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American Revolution

The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783.

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Continental prophecies

The continental prophecies is a group of illuminated books by William Blake that have been subject of numerous studies due to their recurrent and unorthodox use of political, literary and sexual metaphors.

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David V. Erdman

David V. Erdman (November 4, 1911 in Omaha, NE – October 14, 2001) was an American literary critic, editor, and Professor Emeritus of English at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English literature

This article is focused on English-language literature rather than the literature of England, so that it includes writers from Scotland, Wales, and the whole of Ireland, as well as literature in English from countries of the former British Empire, including the United States.

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Enitharmon

Enitharmon is a major female character in William Blake's mythology, playing a main part in some of his prophetic books.

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Europe a Prophecy

Europe a Prophecy is a 1794 prophetic book by the British poet and illustrator William Blake.

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Harold Bloom

Harold Bloom (born July 11, 1930) is an American literary critic and Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University.

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Jerusalem The Emanation of the Giant Albion

Jerusalem, subtitled The Emanation of the Giant Albion (1804–1820, with additions made even later), was the last, longest and greatest in scope of the prophetic books written and illustrated by the English poet, artist and engraver William Blake.

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Lyric poetry

Lyric poetry is a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person.

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Milton: A Poem in Two Books

Milton is an epic poem by William Blake, written and illustrated between 1804 and 1810.

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Mysticism

Mysticism is the practice of religious ecstasies (religious experiences during alternate states of consciousness), together with whatever ideologies, ethics, rites, myths, legends, and magic may be related to them.

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Mythopoeia

Mythopoeia (also mythopoesis, after Hellenistic Greek μυθοποιία, μυθοποίησις "myth-making") is a narrative genre in modern literature and film where a fictional or artificial mythology is created by the writer of prose or other fiction.

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Northrop Frye

Herman Northrop Frye (July 14, 1912 – January 23, 1991) was a Canadian literary critic and literary theorist, considered one of the most influential of the 20th century.

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Orc (Blake)

Orc is a proper name for one of the characters in the complex mythology of William Blake.

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The Book of Ahania

The Book of Ahania is one of the English poet William Blake's prophetic books.

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The Book of Los

The Book of Los is a 1795 prophetic book by the English poet and painter William Blake.

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The Book of Thel

The Book of Thel is a poem by William Blake, dated 1789 and probably composed in the period 1788 to 1790.

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The Book of Urizen

The Book of Urizen is one of the major prophetic books of the English writer William Blake, illustrated by Blake's own plates.

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The Song of Los

The Song of Los (written 1795) is one of William Blake's epic poems, known as prophetic books.

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Tiriel (poem)

Tiriel is a narrative poem by William Blake, written c.1789.

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Vala, or The Four Zoas

Vala, or The Four Zoas refers to one of the uncompleted prophetic books by the English poet William Blake, begun in 1797.

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Visionary

Defined broadly, a visionary is one who can envision the future.

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Visions of the Daughters of Albion

Visions of the Daughters of Albion is a 1793 poem by William Blake, produced as a book with his own illustrations.

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William Blake

William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker.

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William Blake's mythology

The prophetic books of the English poet and artist William Blake contain a rich invented mythology (mythopoeia), in which Blake worked to encode his revolutionary spiritual and political ideas into a prophecy for a new age.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake's_prophetic_books

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