Author · United Kingdom · 1757–1827
William Blake
Visionary lyric and engraver’s craft; prophecy, street, and song in one voice.
William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age.
Genres
Poetry
Seeing with Blake in 2026
William Blake joins art and argument. He sees how power hides in habit and how imagination can free attention without lying. The lines are simple, the symbols inexhaustible. Read him to question meek cynicism, to enjoy a handmade music, and to remember that vision can serve justice.
