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Night Thoughts: Or, the Complaint and the Consolation
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Author: William Blake
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Night Thoughts: Or, the Complaint and the Consolation Description
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 821.5
EAN: 9780486292144
ISBN: 0486292142
Label: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 128
Publication Date: 1996-08-20
Publisher: Dover Publications
Studio: Dover Publications
Dewey Decimal Number: 821.5
EAN: 9780486292144
ISBN: 0486292142
Label: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 128
Publication Date: 1996-08-20
Publisher: Dover Publications
Studio: Dover Publications
Editorial Review of Night Thoughts: Or, the Complaint and the Consolation
Superb reproduction of 1797 publication of four sections of Edward Young’s popular poem Night Thoughts, illustrated with 43 designs by William Blake. Images of angels, spirits, poets, sensuous women, Life, Death, Reason and Truth swirl about Young’s text, adding to its meaning and revealing much of Blake’s own vision. Plate-by-plate commentaries by Professors Robert Essick and Jenijoy La Belle. Introduction. Bibliography. 43 illus.
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Review Summary: Unjustly forgotten
Review: This is the reprint of the edition published in 1797, with engravings of William Blake. The poem itself, enormously popular in the 18th century, is now shrouded in obscurity, and it stays in print only due to Blake's illustrations. But despite of its unpopularity, I found it quite enjoyable. It is best read in one sitting, without interrupting the constant flow of ideas and thoughts. It is a meditation, at once introspective and all-encompassing, a contemplation of Death, Time, Friendship, and Immortality of man. Granted, it does tend to drag on too much in the last chapter, but the first ones are so good they're worthy of being memorized. Blake's engravings, surrounding the text as a frame, capture the essense of the poem and at the same time enhance it, adding to it even more depth. The poem's abstract concepts take shape, making some passages more memorable. (This edition includes a commentary on the pictures' symbolism.) The book is worth getting for the engravings alone; it is a work of art in every sense of the word.
Review Summary: Unjustly forgotten
Review: This is the reprint of the edition published in 1797, with engravings of William Blake. The poem itself, enormously popular in the 18th century, is now shrouded in obscurity, and it stays in print only due to Blake's illustrations. But despite of its unpopularity, I found it quite enjoyable. It is best read in one sitting, without interrupting the constant flow of ideas and thoughts. It is a meditation, at once introspective and all-encompassing, a contemplation of Death, Time, Friendship, and Immortality of man. Granted, it does tend to drag on too much in the last chapter, but the first ones are so good they're worthy of being memorized. Blake's engravings, surrounding the text as a frame, capture the essense of the poem and at the same time enhance it, adding to it even more depth. The poem's abstract concepts take shape, making some passages more memorable. (This edition includes a commentary on the pictures' symbolism.) The book is worth getting for the engravings alone; it is a work of art in every sense of the word.