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Global Blake
January 11-13, 2022
An international conference on the reception of William Blake
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Divine Images
Jason Whittaker
A comprehensive guide to Blake's life and his written and artistic works
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VALA
The Journal of The Blake Society
A magazine with articles, poems, stories and new art inspired by Blake
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Zoavision
Blake Bites and more
A collection of videos about William Blake
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Blake Bites: Why Does Newton Hold a Compass?
Newton is one of Blake's most iconic images. This video short explores why Newton is depicted so idiosyncratically.
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Blake Bites: Who Made the Tyger?
William Blake's The Tyger is among the most popular of his poems and asks an important question: who made the tyger? God or the devil?
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Blake Bites: The Ancient of Days
The Ancient of Days is Blake's most iconic image - but who is actually depicted in his colour print?
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Blakespotting: The Divine Essence of Things – Nick Cave and William Blake
In a response to a question on his fan site,
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Is Wright’s Work Secular?
Jason Whittaker writes of Richard Wright’s Turner Prize winning work,
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James Rovira – Blake and Kierkegaard: Creation and Anxiety
Blake and Kierkegaard: Creation and Anxiety. James Rovira. Continuum, 2010.
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Magnus Ankarsjö – William Blake and Religion
William Blake and Religion: A New Critical View. Magnus Ankarsjö
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Ten things you should know about Jerusalem
Once again Blake's "Jerusalem" is in the news. While the
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Zoapod 15 – The Devil’s Party: Blake’s Marriage and Milton
Zoapod 15: Of the Devil's Party - Blake's Marriage and
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jim morrison
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In interviews, Blake seems to come readily to Morrison's lips. He demonstrates a basic acquaintance with famous lines from Songs of Innocence and of Experience and The Marriage of Heaven and Hell.
- Tristanne Connolly: "How Much Did Jim Morrison Know About William Blake?"
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Like Blake, I have lived in London all my life and therefore feel a deep affinity to some areas that are part of my own lived history.
- Louisa Albani interviewed by Caroline Anjali Ritchie
'William Blake’s Mystic Map of London' pamphlet. Edited, designed, and illustrated by Louisa Albani, with contributions by Simon Cole, 2019.
Morfydd Clark in Saint Maud
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For some commentators, it is this engagement with Blake which leads Maud into her deep obsession, but in truth Maud doesn't really understand Blake at all.
- Jason Whittaker, Visions of Saint Maud