ENGL200B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Holy, Holy, Holy, Heavenly Host, Catherine Blake
11 Sep 2016
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Summarize the main events in the life of blake. Analyze the poems by blake through reference to his ideas of innocence and experience. Articulate the relation between innocence and experience as well as to apply the term organized innocence to his poetry. William blake, from songs of innocence and of experience: holy thursday , longman: 52. Blake apprenticed at age of 14 to an engraver o. At blake"s time photography did not exist, very difficult to illustrate o something o. Engraving was the best way illustration was achieved. Marriage of heaven and hell 9 copies. Attended royal academy at age 23: premier art school in england, his art was necessarily in tune with the art of the time but he still want the background knowledge. Married at age 25 to catherine boucher: no kids, but were happy, taught her to read and write. Involved in radical movements: charged with high-treason in 1803. Expressions of ill-will toward king and subjects.
