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1、此文档收集于网络，如有侵权，请联系网站删除ContextWilliamBlakewasborninLondonin1757.Hisfather,ahosier,soonrecognizedhisson'sartistictalentsandsenthimtostudyatadrawingschoolwhenhewastenyearsold.At14,WilliamaskedtobeapprenticedtotheengraverJamesBasire,underwhosedirectionhefurtherdevelopedhisinnateskills.AsayoungmanBlakewo
2、rkedasanengraver,illustrator,anddrawingteacher,andmetsuchartistsasHenryFuseliandJohnFlaxman,aswellasSirJoshuaReynolds,whoseclassicizingstylehewouldlatercometoreject.Blakewrotepoemsduringthistimeaswell,andhisfirstprintedcollection,animmatureandratherderivativevolumecalledPoeticalSketches,appearedin1
3、783.SongsofInnocencewaspublishedin1789,followedbySongsofExperiencein1793andacombinededitionthenextyearbearingthetitleSongsofInnocenceandExperienceshowingtheTwoContraryStatesoftheHumanSoul.Blake'spoliticalradicalismintensifiedduringtheyearsleadinguptotheFrenchRevolution.Hebeganaseven-bookpoemaboutth
4、eRevolution,infact,butitwaseitherdestroyedornevercompleted,andonlythefirstbooksurvives.HedisapprovedofEnlightenmentrationalism,ofinstitutionalizedreligion,andofthetraditionofmarriageinitsconventionallegalandsocialform(thoughhewasmarriedhimself).HisunorthodoxreligiousthinkingowesadebttotheSwedishphi
5、losopherEmmanuelSwedenborg(1688-1772),whoseinfluenceisparticularlyevidentinBlake'sTheMarriageofHeavenandHell.Inthe1790sandafter,heshiftedhispoeticvoicefromthelyrictothepropheticmode,andwroteaseriesof此文档仅供学习与交流此文档收集于网络，如有侵权，请联系网站删除longpropheticbooks,includingMiltonandJerusalem.Linkedtogetherbyanintr
6、icatemythologyandsymbolismofBlake'sowncreation,thesebookspropoundarevolutionarynewsocial,intellectual,andethicalorder.Blakepublishedalmostallofhisworkshimself,byanoriginalprocessinwhichthepoemswereetchedbyhand,alongwithillustrationsanddecorativeimages,ontocopperplates.Theseplateswereinkedtomakeprin
7、ts,andtheprintswerethencoloredinwithpaint.Thisexpensiveandlabor-intensiveproductionmethodresultedinaquitelimitedcirculationofBlake'spoetryduringhislife.IthasalsoposedaspecialsetofchallengestoscholarsofBlake
