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Blake, William.(The Stranger From Paradise: A Biography of William Blake)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
From: Biography
Date: 20030622
Author:Miner, Paul
The Stranger From Paradise: A Biography of William Blake. G. E. Bentley, Jr. New Haven: Yale UP for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2001. 532 pp. $39.95.
"G. E. Bentley, Jr., as a first class scholar, has written a first class biography.... No other biography on Blake stands this tall: it is a giant among pigmies. Bentley's biography !s badly needed, as it organizes a mass of desiderata accrued from Bentley's own erudite research and from other laborers in the 'Blake Industry.' ... This superlative work will become a standard reference and guide to those ...
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