by PeterAckroyd (Author)
A biography of William Blake. Poet, painter, engraver, visionary, his was a radical spirit fired by genius. The book presents Blake in the context of his period: we see him caught up in the Gordon Riots, excited by the French Revolution and attracted by various forms of spiritual radicalism and sexual magic. Peter Ackroyd has also written "Dickens", a biography of Charles Dickens.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Edition: First British Edition
Publisher: Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd
Published: 11 Sep 1995
ISBN 10: 1856192784
ISBN 13: 9781856192781