| Description |
1 videodisc (32 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
The famous authors series |
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Famous authors.
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| System Details |
DVD, all regions, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., NTSC. |
| Credits |
Music, Elysium Ensemble ; editor, Adrian Pickett |
| Summary |
A poet, engraver, painter and mystic, William Blake was known for his symbolic expressions of religious visions. His works include America, Jerusalem; the Emanation of the Great Albion, Songs of Innocence, Urizen, and many other classics. |
| Contents |
Major works: Milton: a poem (1804) -- The marriage of heaven and hell (1790) -- All religions are one (1788) -- The book of Los (1795) -- The ghost of Abel (1822) -- Laocoon (1826) -- On Homers poetry [and] on Virgil (1822) -- For the sexes: the gates of paradise (1820) -- For children: the gates of paradise (1793) -- Poetical sketches (1793) -- America (1793) -- Jerusalem: the emanation of the Giant Albion (1804) -- Songs of experience (1794) -- Songs of innocence (1789) -- Visions of the daughters of Albion (1793) -- Urizen (1794). |
| Note |
Special features: Includes an overview of the major works. |
| Subject |
Blake, William, 1757-1827.
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Poets, English -- 18th century -- Biography.
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Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Artists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographical films.
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Biographical (Nonfiction).
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| Added Author |
Hossick, Malcolm.
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Elysium Ensemble.
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Academy Media (Firm)
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Kultur International Films.
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| Note |
Title on container: William Blake, a concise biography |
| ISBN |
0769781411 |
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9780769781419 |
| Standard No. |
032031180291 |
| Music No. |
D1802 Kultur International Films |
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