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Lives of Blake (Paperback)
Henry Crabb Robinson, John Thomas Smith, Alexander Gilchrist; Edited by Martin Myrone
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William Blake (1757-1827), hailed as 'the glorious luminary' by
William Rossetti, is one of the great mystics in the history of
Western art. His hallucinatory paintings, watercolours and, in
particular, the illustrations he made for his books of poetry are
instantly recognisable, and have inspired generations of artists in
his wake. Although he was largely ignored by his contemporaries, or
de rided as mad, a number of perceptive critics and commentators
took great interest in both the man and his work. This volume
brings together some of the most illuminating writings by people
who knew Blake, and brings this astonishing visionary to life. They
include the frank appraisal by the hugely percep tive diarist Crabb
Robinson, never before published in full in English, and the first
full biography by Blake's friend and fellow artist John Thomas
Smith, as well as Alexander Gilchrist's Preliminary, whihc heralded
the arrival of Blake in the 19th Century.
This multigenerational memoir sketches the lives of three
generations of the author's family that were involved with some of
the most profound issues of the twentieth century. Smith's paternal
grandfather was present at the creation of General Motors
Corporation and served as its Vice President and General Counsel.
His maternal grandfather, William G. Maguire, was an entrepreneur
and natural gas pipeline pioneer with a visionary grasp of natural
gas's significance in the twentieth century American economy.
Smith's father served as a senior diplomat under five presidents,
working to constrain the nuclear arms race between the United
States and Russia and to curtail proliferation of nuclear weapons.
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