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what was Blake??
- poet, painter, engraver, illustrator
- radical visionary ahead of his time
- had an impact on popular culture (The Doors, Pattie Smith..)
was Blake pre-romantic or romantic?
That remains open to debate, because he was somewhere in between, chronologically and thematically speaking. He was different from others in his lack of interest in nature (it was there in his works but not so much). But similar in his view of the poet as a prophet, his social and political concerns, his defiance of Neoclassical conventions and emphasis on the power of imagination.
life, education, work Blake
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why did they sometimes called Blake a madman?
He had visions of angles, God, communication with his late brother and the Old Testament prophets. He claimed that he was instructed by archangles and the divine inspiration responsible for his art came from them. He believes that the faculty of vision is one we all share.
what had impact on Blake’s poetry?
- political, social, economic changes
- His poetry expresses non-conformist radicalism that was popular at the time among other freethinkers
za šta se zalagao Blake?
- Against slavery, tyranny, exploitation
- Called for racial and gender equality
- Supported FR and USA revolution
- Concerned with both local and global problems
when did Blake start writing and what was his first collection?
age of 12
“Poetical Sketches”
who wrote “Poetical Sketches” and what it is about?
William Blake
* it anticipates his later poetry
* in his early poetry nature is there to serve as a celebration of a world of happiness and easy
* the collection is now seen as a major poetical achievement of the late 18th century
Blake’s most popular and famous work
Songs of Innocence and Experience
What kind of breakthrough did Songs of Innocence and Experience make in the 18th century?
In art in poetry: combination of text and image, poems of childlike simplicity that served as a vehicle for very serious social critique.
protagonist in Songs of Innocence and Experience
mostly children (who are abandoned, exploited, neglected, poor) they are innocent, emphasized through a parallel between these children and lambs, and colour white.
children in Songs of Innocence vs. Songs of Experience
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settings and atmosphere in Songs of Innocence vs. Songs of Experience
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the world in Songs of Innocence and Experience
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difference between innocence and experience & central symbols
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structure and form Songs of Innocence and Experience
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technique that Blake established
illuminated painting, symbiosis of text and image
Prophetic Book…
by William Blake
* a series of longer poems and a prose work
* expressed his social and political concerns through complex mythology and symbolism
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which poet was called poet laureate, and what does that mean?
William Wordsworth
literary title for poetic excellence
what title did William Wordsworth got, and what was specific to his settings?
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what was W. Wordsworth’s theory?
His theoretical views of poetry in Preface to Lyrical Ballads (2nd edition) - the manifesto of English Romanticism
W. Wordsworth family and education
- born in Cockermouth
- wealthy and large family
- orphan
- his sister Dorothy
- studied classics Cambridge
W. Wordsworth’s biggest inspiration and why?
NATURE
his comfort, friend
what were W. Wordsworth’s poems mostly about?
meditative, philosophical poems
about laws of nature, man’s place in the world, harmony with nature…
* actual landscapes as starting points for spiritual meditations
* FOCUS ON MAN
who were the lake poets and why where they called that?
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more sources of inspiration for W. Wordsworth
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which two writers had strong friendship?
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name, year and other of the joint projects of two romantics
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what were the differences between Wordsworth and Coleridge
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name and year of W. Wordsworth’s early poetry
1793
“An Evening Walk”
“Descriptive Sketches”
key elements and structure of Lyrical Ballads
- return to the folk literature and ballad tradition
- experimental and revolutionary
- poetry that stems from “naked experience” and rebels against Neoclassical conventions
- focus on strong emotion, ordinary people, everyday life, nature, the rustic
but also the mysterious and supernatural - language of middle and lower class
- TRUE BEGINNING OF ROMANTICISM in that the poems truly represent a new kind of poetry
Wordsworth’s task in Lyrical Ballads
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Coleridge’s task in Lyrical Ballads
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