Quick Facts About William Blake
- Born
- November 28, 1757
- Died
- August 12, 1827
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Profession
- Theologian
- Notable works
- Poems: Selected by Patti Smith
- Known for
- Jerusalem, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, The Ancient of Days, Jerusalem The Emanation of the Giant Albion
- Spouse
- Catherine Blake
About William Blake
During his life he was largely unrecognised, but later became a key figure of Romantic‑age poetry and visual art. He called some works his "prophetic works", which critic Northrop Frye later described as a rarely read body of English poetry. Blake lived three years in Felpham and produced a diverse, symbolically rich collection that embraced imagination as "the body of God" or "human existence itself".
