William Blake

1757-1827; Image Source

Blake texts in RAP2

Poems

Songs of Innocence
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
America - A Prophecy
Songs of Experience

Prose

Blake annotates Wordsworth

Blake images in RAP2

Glad Day - image
Red Dragon - image
Agony - image
Christ Tempted by Satan - image
God Judging Adam - image

Related images in RAP2

Gordon Riots - image
John Wilkes - image
Emanuel von Swedenborg - image

Related Essays in RAP2

Blake as an Artist, Poet, and Creator

Blake links

Work collected online

The William Blake Archive: an excellent repository for pictures of Blake's illuminated works. In addition to storing the works electronically, it also has a handy interface that allows one to compare different versions of plates that he made.

Tiger of Wrath: 176 of Blake's artworks online.

Songs of Innocence & Experience

Digitized copy of Songs of Innocence and Experience - from LOC Special Collections

Blake Digital Text Project - includes a concordance, as well as a hypertext presentation of Songs of Innocence & Experience.

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell - Blake's text of the The Marriage of Heaven and Hell will relevant plates.

Blake background links

William Blake Biography: A short, but fairly detailed biography of William Blake. Organizes his life by clusters of years which makes it easy to find specific information.

Blake: Artisan: step-by-step illustration of Blake's etching and engraving technique.

Revolutions and Reformers 1773 - 1832 - digestable, well-presented historical background from the BBC.