Songs of Innocence and of Experience

Review—BRITTEN’S DONNE, HARDY and BLAKE SONGS by Gordon Cameron Sly

5 Sep, 24 |

Gordon Cameron Sly examines Britten's selection and arrangement of songs and cycles—including William Blake's Songs and Proverbs—to better understand the cycles' extra-musical communication.

Academics in Semarang offer a structuralist reading of Blake’s Tyger and Lamb

13 Aug, 24 |

Eka Agustina and Agnes Widyaningrum explore the ways in which structuralist readings of Blake can inspire poetic appreciation when teaching English

Songs of Innocence and of Experience goes on sale for estimated $1.8 million

14 Jun, 24 |

The first sale of this copy of Blake's most famous work to since 1989 comes with a high estimated price tag.

New journal article considers Blake’s “London” as architectural space

2 May, 24 |

This joint authored paper provides an innovative look at London's spaces associated with death during Blake's lifetime and during COVID-19.

Iraqi scholars reconsider Blake’s “The Little Black Boy”

7 Apr, 24 |

Ali Abdulilah Gheni and Noor Alhuda Ahmad Aziz offer a discourse-stylistic approach to Blake's famous poem.

Indonesian academics explore oppression in Blake’s “Earth’s Answer”

15 Feb, 24 |

A group of academics from the Universitas Methodist, Indonesia offer a qualitative descriptive reading of "Earth's Answer" from Songs of Experience.

William Blake in Songs and Words at la Maison de la Poésie

7 Feb, 24 |

Susheela Raman, Sam Mills and Jean Marc Barr perform Blake's words in Paris with a presentation by Camille Adnot.

New views on Blake’s poems from Indonesia

30 Jan, 24 |

Reza Rezita and Ira Maisarah offer a study of ten of Blake's lyric poems.

A critical look at Blake’s “Little Black Boy”

18 Jan, 24 |

This paper by Egyptian academic Abdelnaeim Ibrahim Awad Elaref examines Blake's complex attitudes to race.

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