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Title: The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake by William Blake, David V. Erdman, Harold Bloom, William Golding ISBN: 0-385-15213-2 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 05 March, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.82 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent piece of work
Comment: I own several editions of the so called "Complete Poetry" editions of Blake. Well, this one just stands out on his own. Although it would have been nicer if it had included more images (it includes only 4 monochromes) I must admit that this book's achivements are its complementary notes and commentaries. Erdman is really an amazing researcher and he has helped me a lot in understanding Blake's universe. Harold Bloom does his share when commenting most of the larger poems, and to comment Jerusalem or Milton is almost as commenting Miltons' "Padarise Lost" or even the Bible. They both deliver a great deal of insight on Blake's poetry, and I'm thankful for that. I have been a fan of Blake's poetry for almost 5 years now, and I've only started to understand his larger prophetic poems.
If you're new to Blake you may not need this kind of book... Even if you are a Blake fan. Maybe Alicia Ostriker's "The Complete Poems" (ISBN 0-14-042215-3) can give you a lighter side of Blake. As a matter of fact, what I liked so much about Alicia's edition is that it has an index of proper names, so If you don't know who (or what) The Four Zoas stand for, maybe you should consider buying her book.
If you are looking for Blake's works of art, then you must get your hands on any of the wonderful DOVER editions published... They are ... and brilliantly printed.
Anyway, if you are new... Welcome.
If you are an oldie... GET THIS BOOK! or even better GET THE MANUSCRIPT FACSIMILE!
Rating: 3
Summary: A Fine Edition, But not the Best!
Comment: When one of my Shimer students saw Mr. Erdman's alternate arrangement of "Auguries of Innocence" he threw his book at a bush. Some of my students think that "Auguries" is one of Blake's greatest poems and I agree with them. Its structure is a key to Blake's vast mythic system. Without that key there's little hope of passing through Jerusalem's wall to the places where heaven and earth coalesce in a cosmic orgasm of intellectual joy.
Mr. Erdman is a marvelous scholar, dedicated to Blake. Mr. Bloom is as inspiring as he is informative. But for Blake in its most pure form I prefer Sir Geoffrey Keynes' edition. He was not a professional scholar, but a learned amatuer in the finest sense of the word. When he wasn't busy with his medical practice he was lovingly creating the best complete edition of Blake's poetry and prose...
Rating: 5
Summary: An essential book with the words of a great writer and poet
Comment: This is an essential book for those of us who love William Blake for his words as well as for his engravings, drawings, and paintings.
I hardly knew anything about Blake before I made several trips to London on business in 1995 - 96. When I began to see his work (for example, at the Tate - now Tate Britain) I was deeply moved. I read the wonderful biography by Ackroyd that was just then published and began to collect affordable editions of the illustrated works.
Later, I became aware of this book and purchased it as well. It is very affordable and contains many wonderful things in addition to the primary writings of Blake. For example, we also get Blake's annotations of other writers' works, some of his letters, and textual notes. On the downside, there are a only a few black and white illustrations. This is a book for thinking about Blake's WORDS.
Yes, by definition the illuminated works really do require the illustrations to be complete, but it is hard to meditate and think about just the words without being distracted by those amazing drawings. (Princeton University Press publishes fabulous editions of the illuminated works in paperback.) By all means spend a great deal of time with the illuminated works and you will be richly rewarded, but spending time with the words apart is also very wonderful and very helpful.
The always rewarding Harold Bloom also provides extended commentary on many of the works in the back of the book.
Please put this book in your library and on your shelf - AFTER you read it. Then take it off again to drink of these great words over and over again.
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Title: William Blake: The Complete Illuminated Books by David Bindman, William Blake, John Commander ISBN: 0500282455 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: A Blake Dictionary: The Ideas and Symbols of William Blake by Morris Eaves, Samuel Foster Damon ISBN: 0874514363 Publisher: Brown Univ Pr Pub. Date: 15 June, 1988 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: The Complete Poems of John Keats by John Keats ISBN: 0679601082 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 26 April, 1994 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: William Wordsworth: The Major Works (OXFORD WORLD'S CLASSICS) by William Wordsworth, Stephen Gill ISBN: 0192840444 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Blake, Jung, and the Collective Unconscious: The Conflict Between Reason and Imagination (Jung on the Hudson Book Series) by June Singer, Esther Harding, M. Esther Harding ISBN: 0892540516 Publisher: Nicolas-Hays, Inc. Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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