{"product_id":"the-illuminated-blake-william-blakes-complete-illuminated-works-with-a-platebyplate-commentary","title":"The Illuminated Blake: William Blake's Complete Illuminated Works with a Plate-by-Plate Commentary","description":"Long regarded as a brilliant eccentric whose works skirted the outer fringes of English art and literature  William Blake (17571827) is today recognized as a major poet and one of the most original and exciting English painters. Nowhere is Blakes glorious poetic and pictorial legacy more evident than in this monumental study of his illuminated poems. Compiled and annotated by one of the worlds foremost Blake scholars  the books original publication represented the first working edition of the entire illuminated canon. Accompanied by David V. Erdmans erudite and penetrating analysis  the meticulously reproduced plates reveal the poet\/artists singular attempt to achieve the perfect union of painting and poetry. Commenting on such Blakean masterpieces as The Book of Thel  Songs of Innocence and of Experience  The Marriage of Heaven and Hell  The Song of Los  The Book of Urizen  and other works  Professor Erdman discusses the details of each illustration in the context of the poem it accompanies. All but the largest plates are reproduced in their original sizes. A comprehensive study revealing the lyrical beauty and intricate design of Blakes illuminated works. This inexpensive edition is required reading  and viewing  for students and scholars of Blake.","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44648832270389,"sku":"ByrdShop_0486272346","price":316.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0486272346.jpg?v=1755253673","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-illuminated-blake-william-blakes-complete-illuminated-works-with-a-platebyplate-commentary","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}