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Songs of Innocence and of Experience [Facsimile] [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

by William Blake (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 64 pages
  • Publisher: Tate Publishing; Facsimile edition (2 Oct 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1854377299
  • ISBN-13: 978-1854377296
  • Product Dimensions: 15.7 x 10.2 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 130,015 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A really beautiful and handy edition. --Tracey Chevalier

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A unique edition of this rare and wonderful book reproducing Blake's own illumination and lettering from the finest existing example of the original work.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Perfection, 8 Nov 2008
By M. Dowden (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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My favourite edition of Blake's immortal poems. This book is in hardback and has the original paintings. It is small enough to slip into a pocket or bag so that you can have it handy to reach. Unfortunately some people will find the print too small, and so if you want a slightly larger print version with the illustrations I would advise you to look at other editions on this website.

Each poem is printed clearly in easy print with the facing page showing how it originally appeared when first produced in a painting. Over the years Blake has been considered both insane, and a genius. With this collection it is nowadays rightly considered that he was a genius. The title of the book gives you some idea what the poems are about, but although they are easy to read, and seem to just trip off the tongue they are deceptively more complicated that at first sight. Blake uses so much symbolism that every time you read one of these poems something extra appears, especially with the incorporation of the paintings.

Blake is so hard to pin down as specifically meaning this or that, so much so that his poems have a life of their own, coming to mean different things to different people. We all have our own favourites, mine being London and The Tyger, which I can just sit down and read over and over again. This is definitely a book that you come back to time and again, whether it is just to read them for pleasure or for inspiration.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, but too small, 15 Feb 2009
By C. L. Caspar (Zurich) - See all my reviews
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This is an excellent edition of William Blakes SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE. It features both a more legible text as well as the original paintings/drawings, in which the songs were published by the author. However, since the format of this book is only 15.8 x 10.6 cm the pictures of the original publication are very small, and the text on them can hardly be read. TOO BAD!
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