Blake - Brossura

Ackroyd, Peter

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0345376110 ISBN 13: 9780345376114

Casa editrice: Ballantine Books, 1997

Riassunto

Provides an incisive portrait of William Blake that reassesses the true nature of the life and art of the enigmatic poet, painter, and engraver and places Blake and his unique, mystical art within the context of eighteenth-century thought

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L'autore:

In addition to his acclaimed biographies, Peter Ackroyd is the author of nine novels, most recently The Trial of Elizabeth Cree. He lives in London.

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OUS . . . A first-rate biography of an extraordinary man."           --The Wall Street Journal

"SUPERB . . . Ackroyd writes with clarity and ease: His book is consistently intelligent, entertaining and affectionate. One closes its pages full of admiration for Blake and eager to study his pictures and read his poetry. . . . Ackroyd emphasizes Blake the visionary Londoner, like Turner or Dickens, and convincingly relates the poet's work to the social upheavals of his time. . . . Above all, [he] makes Blake live for the modern reader."
--The Washington Post Book World                      

"LYRICAL AND ILLUMINATING . . .  Ackroyd is a masterly storyteller and interpreter of Blake's writing and art."  
--Chicago Tribune

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• Editore: Ballantine Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0345376110
• ISBN 13: 9780345376114
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile