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for a while he was even unsure whether to pursue painting or photography as a career

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William Blake (World of Art) author-philip-hughes and a guide on howProphet, poet, painter, engraver William Blake (17571827) was an artist of uniquely powerful imagination and far reaching creative gifts. Revealing Blake to be far more than a revolutionary social radical, this classic study, first published in 1968, reshaped our understanding of the artists achievement. Kathleen Raine herself a renowned poet and critic unravels the complex, deeply felt symbolism expressed in his paintings and prints, and describes