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Blake, William: William Blake: A Literary Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
From: Biography
Date: 20060101
Author:O'Neill, Michael
Blake, William William Blake: A Literary Life. John Beer. London: Palgrave, 2005. 250 pp. 45 [pounds sterling].
"It is among the virtues" of Beer's book "that it refuses to simplify the effects of Blake's writing." "For Beer, Blakean Imagination eludes the commentator who is looking for doctrinal coherence." "Beer celebrates the poetry's 'waywardness,' it's readiness to tease in and out of thought." "Beer conveys readable information about Blake's life, retelling some famous and less wellknown anecdotes with a quiet power, outlining his subject's career as poet and visual ...
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