William Blake [ Art and Literature ]
… incredibly busy with commercial work, Blake was also able to advance his own work: the powerful lyrical simplicity of Songs of Innocence (1789) gave way to the intense and accusatory voices in Songs of Experience (1794). He embarked on his creation myth, starting with The [First] Book of Urizen (1794) , to …
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