| Evidence: | "What is it sets Homer, Virgil and Milton in so high a rank of Art? Why is the Bible more Entertaining and Instructive than any other book? Is it not because they are addressed to the imagination, which is spiritual sensation, & but mediately to the understanding or Reason?" |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London county: London specific address: Hercules Road, Lambeth |
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| Reader: | William Blake |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 28 Nov 1757 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | Engraver and Poet |
| Religion: | Non-Conformist |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Homer |
| Title: | unknown |
| Genre: | Classics, Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book, Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 13500 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | William Blake | |
| Editor: | Geoffrey Keynes | |
| Title: | The Letters of William Blake: with related documents | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 9 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter 7 from Blake to Dr Trusler written from Lambeth |
| Citation: | William Blake, Geoffrey Keynes (ed.), The Letters of William Blake: with related documents (Oxford, 1980), p. 9, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13500, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
| Blake is listing his most influential reading materials. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)