Visions of the Daughters of Albion

by William Blake

Overview

After color reproductions of the 11 pages of hand-written text and illustrations printed in 1793, Essick (English, U. of California- Riverside) presents a transcription of the poem, bibliographic and textual notes, commentary, and sketches and other illustrations that relate to the finished version. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781725184565
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	08/15/2018
Pages:	30
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.06(d)

About the Author

Robert N. Essick is Professor of English at the University of California, Riverside. Among his many books are William Blake, Printmaker, selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Book of 1980-81, and William Blake at the Huntington, a Book-of-the-Month Club alternate selection. Essick specializes in British romantic literature and art, particularly William Blake. He is currently working on the Blake Electronic Archive.

Table of Contents

Part 1	William Blake's Visions of the Daughters of Albion
	Reproduction of Blake's Plates	viii
	Transcription of the Poem	3
	The Huntington Copy: Bibliographic and Textual Notes	15
Part 2	Commentary
	List of Illustrations from Blake's Notebook	19
	Commentary	21
	Notes	65
	Index	71
	Bibliography: Studies of Visions of the Daughters of Albion	75