William Blake: A New Kind of Man
- ISBN-10
- 0520034430
- ISBN-13
- 9780520034433
- Series
- William Blake
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 181
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1977-01-01
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Authors
- Michael Davis, Michael Justin Davis
Description
A biography of the great English visionary poet incorporates numerous quotations from Blake's letters and poems in tracing the development of his creative genius
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