| Evidence: | "Now my lot in the Heavens is this, Milton lov'd me in/childhood & shew'd me his face./Ezra came with Isaiah the Prophet, but Shakespeare in riper/ years gave me his hand;/ Paracelsus & Behmen appear'd to me,"
Poem in letter to John Flaxman Letter 19 12th Sept 1800 explaining Blake's most influential reading. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 12 Sep 1800 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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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: | John Milton |
| Title: | unknown |
| Genre: | Poetry, Science |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 13682 | |
| 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: | 20 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | William Blake, Geoffrey Keynes (ed.), The Letters of William Blake: with related documents (Oxford, 1980), p. 20, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13682, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
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