ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age.

Detailed explanation-2: -William Blake was born in 1757 in London and produced a huge amount of work over his lifetime. You might know him as a poet: ‘The Tiger’ from his poetry collection Songs of Innocence and Experience is one of his most famous works. But he was also an accomplished artist and he illustrated many of his poems.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rabindranath Tagore: Poet and Painter.

Detailed explanation-4: -Poet, painter, engraver, and visionary William Blake worked to bring about a change both in the social order and in the minds of men. Though in his lifetime his work was largely neglected or dismissed, he is now considered one of the leading lights of English poetry, and his work has only grown in popularity.

Detailed explanation-5: -William Blake is considered to be one of the greatest visionaries of the early Romantic era. In addition to writing such poems as “The Lamb” and “The Tyger, ” Blake was primarily occupied as an engraver and watercolour artist. Today Blake’s poetic genius has largely outstripped his visual artistic renown.