"A man not forestalled by predecessors, nor to be classed with contemporaries, nor to be replaced by known or readily surmisable successors" - William Michael Rossetti
Born in 1757 and famed only in his lifetime as an engraver, developing his illumination technique, Blake also painted and wrote poetry. It was only many years after his death, in 1827, that his art and visionary poems became widely regarded around the world; 'And did those feet in ancient time' becoming the hymn Jerusalem, considered by many to be the second English national anthem.
In this Pocket Book are 12 of Blake's poems including Tyger! Tyger!, I travelled Through a Land of Men and Did Those Feet in Ancient Time.
William Blake
Publication Essentials
Pocket-sized at 13 x 9.5cm (5 x 3.5" in old money) and comprising 16 pages with a firm card cover. This little volume is just one in the series of Carr's Pocket Books; they hover between a greeting and a present and make a lasting alternative to a birthday card. In cold bedrooms, only one hand need suffer exposure. A distinguished novelist recommends them for reading in the bath and an ambassador claims they can be palmed from the cuff during tedious speeches or profitless sermons.Delivery Information
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Reviews
I think of these pocket books as a literary bunch of flowers - neither too substantial nor insubstantial as a little gift they are the perfect thing to pop in the post to show someone you are thinking about them - the recipient of this was over the moon to have it land on their doormat and told me that it made their week. When email messages and online photos have long since ceased to exist this will remain on your bookshelf to be dipped into with a smile.