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1794 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish poetry, Irish or French poetry, France). Events *June – English poetry, English poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey first meet, in Oxford while Coleridge is ''en route'' for a tour of Wales. In August, they meet again in Bristol (where they also meet local poet Robert Lovell and his sisters-in-law, who they will marry; he also introduces them to the publisher Joseph Cottle). Also beginning this month (following Robespierre's execution in July) they collaborate on the "historic drama" ''The Fall of Robespierre'', published in October and Southey's first published poetry; he also writes the radical play ''Wat Tyler'' this summer. * July 25 – French poetry, French poet André Chénier is executed at age 31 in Paris two days before the fall of Robespierre. A free spirit who spoke his mind, had pronounced sympathies with the aristocracy but adhered to n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine (March 11, 1731May 11, 1814) was a lawyer, politician and Founding Father of the United States who signed the Continental Association and Declaration of Independence as a representative of the colonial era Province of Massachusetts Bay, one of the original Thirteen Colonies. He served as the state's first attorney general and as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the state's highest court. Early life and education Paine was born in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, in British America, on March 11, 1731, one of five children of the Rev. Thomas Paine and Eunice (Treat) Paine. His father was pastor of Franklin Road Baptist Church in Weymouth but moved his family to Boston in 1730 and subsequently became a merchant there. His mother was the daughter of Rev. Samuel Treat, whose father Maj. Robert Treat was one of the principal founders of Newark, New Jersey, and later a governor of Connecticut. Robert Treat Paine's Treat family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1789 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *Robert Burns is appointed an exciseman in Scotland. *Tomás António Gonzaga is arrested for complicity in the Inconfidência Mineira in Brazil. Works published Ireland * Charlotte Brooke, ''Reliques of Irish Poetry'', anthology published in the United Kingdom * John Williams, publishing under the pen name "Anthony Pasquin", ''Poems: by Anthon Pasquin'', Irish poet and satirist published in the United Kingdom United Kingdom * Dafydd ap Gwilym (died 1350/70), ''Barddoniaeth Dafydd ab Gwilym'', Welsh, collected by Iolo Morganwg, incorporating probable forgeries by Morganwg * William Blake: ** ''The Book of Thel'', with eight relief-etched plates ** ''Songs of Innocence'', the author's first illuminated book, with 31 relief-etched plates (see also '' Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul'' 1794);Cox, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs Of Experience
''Songs of Innocence and of Experience'' is a collection of illustrated poems by William Blake. Originally, Blake illuminated and bound ''Songs of Innocence'' and ''Songs of Experience'' separately. It was only in 1794 that Blake combined the two sets of poems into a volume titled ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul''. Even after beginning to print the poems together, Blake continued to produce individual volumes for each of the two sets of poetry. Blake was also a painter before the creation of ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience'' and he engraved, hand-printed, and colored detailed art to accompany each of the poems in ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience''. This unique art helps tell the story of each poem, and was part of Blake's original vision for how each poem should be understood. Blake was heavily inspired by children's literature and juvenile education in his creation of ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Book Of Urizen
''The Book of Urizen'' is one of the major William Blake's prophetic books, prophetic books of the English writer William Blake, illustrated by Blake's own Intaglio (printmaking), plates. It was originally published as ''The First Book of Urizen'' in 1794. Later editions dropped the "First". The book takes its name from the character Urizen in William Blake's mythology, Blake's mythology, who represents alienated reason as the source of oppression. The book describes Urizen as the "primeaval priest" and narrates how he became separated from the other Eternals to create his own alienated and enslaving realm of religious dogma. Los (Blake), Los and Enitharmon create a space within Urizen's fallen universe to give birth to their son Orc (Blake), Orc, the spirit of revolution and freedom. In form the book is a parody of the Book of Genesis. Urizen's first four sons are Thiriel, Utha, Grodna (Blake), Grodna and Fuzon (Blake), Fuzon (respectively elemental Air, Water, Earth, Fire, acco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europe, A Prophecy
''Europe a Prophecy'' is a 1794 prophetic book by the British poet and illustrator William Blake. It is engraved on 18 plates, and survives in just nine known copies. It followed ''America a Prophecy'' of 1793. Background During autumn 1790, Blake moved to Lambeth, (inner) London. He had a studio at the new house that he used while writing what were later called his "Lambeth Books", which included ''Europe'' in 1794. Like the others under the title, the work was composed, printed, coloured and sold at his house itself. Early sketches for ''Europe'' were included in a notebook that contained images were created between 1790 until 1793. Only a few of Blake's works were fully coloured, and only some of the editions of ''Europe'' were coloured. When ''Europe'' was printed, it was in the same format as Blake's ''America'' and sold for the same price. It was printed between 1794 and 1821 with only 9 copies of the work surviving. The plates used for the designs were 23 x 17 cm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Blake
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the Romantic poetry, poetry and visual art of the Romanticism, Romantic Age. What he called his "William Blake's prophetic books, prophetic works" were said by 20th-century critic Northrop Frye to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". While he lived in London his entire life, except for three years spent in Felpham, he produced a diverse and symbolically rich collection of works, which embraced the imagination as "the body of God", or "human existence itself". Although Blake was considered mad by contemporaries for his idiosyncratic views, he came to be highly regarded by later critics and readers for his expressiveness and creativity, and for the philosophical and mystical undercurrents within his work. His paintings and poetry have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tyger BM A 1794
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake Experience 29
Blake or Blake's may refer to: People * Blake (given name), a given name of English origin (includes a list of people with the name) * Blake (surname), a surname of English origin (includes a list of people with the name) ** William Blake (1757–1827), English poet, painter, and printmaker Places * Blake, Kentucky, USA * Blake Basin, a deep area of the Atlantic Ocean * Blake Island, Washington, USA, in Puget Sound * Blake River Megacaldera Complex, a large cluster of volcanoes in Ontario and Quebec, Canada * Blake Village, Virginia, USA * Blake's Pools, a nature reserve in south west England, UK Art, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Blake Belladonna, a character of the web series ''RWBY'' * Anita Blake, a character, protagonist of the ''Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter'' series of books by Laurell K. Hamilton * Bellamy Blake, fictional character in '' The 100'' TV series * Bob Blake, a character in a series African American westerns from the 1930s played by Herb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience, Copy Z, 1826 (Library Of Congress) Object 01 Frontispiece To Songs Of Innocence
A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usually made of sections that are repeated or performed with variation later. A song without instruments is said to be a cappella. Written words created specifically for music, or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in the classical tradition, it is called an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs composed in a simple style that are learned informally by ear are often referred to as folk songs. Songs composed for the mass market, designed to be sung by professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows, are called popular songs. These songs, which have broad appeal, are oft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Wentworth Morton
Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton (August 1759 – May 14, 1846) was an American poet. Early life Sarah was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in August 1759. She was the third of ten children born to James Apthorp (1731–1799), a merchant and slave-trader, and Sarah Wentworth (1735–1820), whose family owned Wentworth Manor in Yorkshire. Her father was one of eighteen children born to her paternal grandparents, Charles Apthorp (1698–1758), a British-born merchant in 18th-century Boston, and Grizzelle (née Eastwicke) Apthorp (1709–1796). Her maternal grandfather was Samuel Wentworth (1708–1766), also a Boston merchant, and his father was John Wentworth (1671–1730), the colonial lieutenant governor of New Hampshire who lived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Writing In 1792, she wrote an anti-slavery poem entitled ''The African Chief'', which was, in fact, an elegy on a slain African at St. Domingo in 1791. In 1796, Sarah and her husband, Perez, moved to Dorchester. From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
