Blake: Songs of Innocence and Experience

Synopsis: Tapes in the Critical Archive series are are designed for those who have read the relevant text and who have it in front of them; the poetry tapes take "close reading" as their method. Aimed primarily at sixth form and undergraduate students, the cassettes.

On this tape J. R. Watson, former professor at Durham University, discusses Blake’s "Piping down the valleys wild", "The Echoing Green", "The Nurse’s Song", "Infant Joy", "The Divine Image", "The Shepherd", "The Little Black Boy", "The Chimney Sweeper", "Holy Thursday", "On Another Sorrow", "The Little Boy Lost", "The Little Boy Found", "Hear the voice of the bard!", "Earth’s Answer", "The Clod and the Pebble", "The Tiger", "The Garden of Love", "London", "The Chimney Sweeper", "Holy Thursday" and "The Sick Rose".
Series: Critical Forum, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Subjects: English language and literature
Keywords: Blake, William; literary criticism; poetry

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