While his contemporaries considered Blake a madman, we now appreciate him as an important figure in the development of romantic and mystical poetry.
Blake's poetry is unique from every angle: It possesses a philosophical depth that impacts the reader at a spiritual level.
Blake created his own mythological world, which he outlined in his prophetic books. His complex world is inhabited by deities and heroes to whom he gave unusual names: Urizen, Luva, Tarmas, Urton, Los, Enitarmon, Aania, etc. The inspiration for Blake's mythology has many origins, including the Bible, Greek and Roman mythology, Scandinavian Eddas, and treatises by occultists and religious mystics.
- POETICAL SKETCHES
- AN ISLAND IN THE MOON
- ALL RELIGIONS ARE ONE
- THERE IS NO NATURAL RELIGION
- TIRIEL
- SONGS OF INNOCENCE
- THE BOOK OF THEL
- THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL
- THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
- VISIONS OF THE DAUGHTERS OF ALBION
- AMERICA A PROPHECY
- EUROPE A PROPHECY
- THE FIRST BOOK OF URIZEN
- SONGS OF EXPERIENCE
- THE BOOK OF LOS
- THE SONG OF LOS
- THE BOOK OF AHANIA
- THE FOUR ZOAS
- MILTON A POEM
- JERUSALEM: THE EMANATION OF THE GIANT ALBION
- SONGS AND BALLADS FROM BLAKE’S NOTEBOOK (1793)
- SATIRIC VERSES AND EPIGRAMS FROM BLAKE’S NOTEBOOK
- UNCOLLECTED WORKS