Selected Poetry

by Blake, William; Mason, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780192834898
• ISBN10: 0192834894
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-11-19
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Oxford Poetry Library series offers compact and fully annotated editions of some of the most important and best-loved English poets. Drawing on the acclaimed texts of the Oxford Authors series, these collections provide a generous selection of the verse of figures as diverse as Andrew Marvell and William Blake, John Keats and Thomas Hardy. Ideal for anyone interested in the eloquently wrought observations and thoughts of some of the English language's greatest writers, The Oxford Poetry Library should find a welcome place on the bookshelves of all lovers of literature. Beginning his career as an engraver, it was not until his thirties that William Blake distinguished himself as a poet. This new edition of Blake's verse, presented in hronological order, encompasses Blake's entire career, from is early Poetical Sketches and There is No Natural eligion through his best known work Songs of Innocence, part of his beautiful series of poetry in lyric and blank verse, to his later works Jerusalem and The Everlasting Gospel. Representing the full range of Blake's accomplishements as a poet, this outstanding volume highlights the extraordinarily diverse achievements of his remarkable poetic oeuvre.

Author Biography

Michael Mason is Senior Lecturer in English, University College, London.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chronology
Lyrics from Poetical Sketches (1783)	p. 1
Lyrics of C.1784	p. 28
Songs of Innocence (1789)	p. 56
Manuscript Lyrics between Innocence and Experience	p. 105
Songs of Experience (1793)	p. 117
Manuscript Lyrics of the Felpham Years (1800-1803)	p. 144
Milton (1804)	p. 161
Jerusalem (1804-18)	p. 176
Notes	p. 270
Index of Titles and First Lines	p. 305
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