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          Ackroyd emphasizes Blake the visionary Londoner, like Turner or Dickens, and convincingly relates the poet's work to the social upheavals of his time.

        1. Blake: A Biography by Ackroyd, Peter and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at
        2. Use this biography of Blake in conjunction with a high school or college-level reading of the poet, or an adult rereading of his work: this provides an excellent, innovative coverage of the 18th century poet, analyzing both his life and his art and providing both a scholarly and lively reading on his achievements.
        3. He is a painstaking and knowledgeable biographer, and he has drawn on all the known sources, as well as many new resources, to bring Blake's life and works.
        4. Presents reproductions of more than two hundred prints, paintings, drawings, and illuminated books by William Blake, accompanied by essays on Blake the man.

          5. Use this biography of Blake in conjunction with a high school or college-level reading of the poet, or an adult rereading of his work: this provides an excellent, innovative coverage of the 18th century poet, analyzing both his life and his art and providing both a scholarly and lively reading on his achievements.!

          Understanding the Life and Art of William Blake


          British writer, historian, biographer and novelist Peter Ackroyd, and Harvard professor Leo Damrosch, have both written studies of the poet and artist William Blake (1757-1827).

          Although the two works are separated by 20 years (Ackroyd’s in 1995 and Damrosch’s in 2015), they form a cohesive understanding of Blake and his work. Damrosch used Ackroyd’s biography in his own research, and calls it one of the best ever written about Blake.

          Blake: A Biography is classic Ackroyd, whom we in the United States would call a popular as opposed to academic writer but who occupies a different position in Britain.

          Peter Ackroyd's biography on the inimitable William Blake comes soaked in the mysticism of his life and writings and the obscure details of London at the.

          Amateur historian and biographer he may be, but few living writers today can equal his output, erudition, and insight. He’s in the process of writing a multi-volume history of England. He’s written three novels. He’s retold the stories of the legend of King Arthur and The Canterbury Tales.

          And he’s written biographies of Charles Dick