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Blake Bites: Why Does Newton Hold a Compass?
31
Dec, 21
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?
29
Dec, 21
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: Mind-Forg’d Manacles
29
Dec, 21
William Blake's "London" includes one of his most famous lines. This video short explores its meaning.
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‘Can I see anothers woe,/ And not be in sorrow too’: Sentimentalism of Blake and Dickens
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Aug, 11
Though Dickens has been accused of being pejoratively “sentimental,” (Kaplan
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Blakespotting: My Pretty Rose Tree – Jason Franks and Luke Pickett
16
Apr, 11
"My Pretty Rose Tree" is a short, four page comic
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Blakespotting: Outcasts and William Blake’s “The Tyger”
12
Feb, 11
I have just been catching up with a new BBC
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Jeff Gillett’s Songs
22
Oct, 10
My attention has just been brought to Jeff Gillett's setting
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Fernand Péna’s Ode to William Blake
17
Oct, 10
This month sees the release of a two-year project by
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Blake Set to Music: John Sykes
14
Jun, 10
The music critic Andrew Porter said of the Songs of
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