Task 5: Construct an in-class essay from a range of 8 exam style questions that each focus on the genre of poetry and the context of the poet, William Blake and his Georgian/Romantic context. Genre, generic conventions, dramatic techniques; audience expectations; readings/interpretations: dramatic style and form; contexts (Aestheticism, Post war Britain and Existential philosophy); multiple readings.
The Romantic Poets by Writers In Britain is a series that introduces children to great literary figures. This volume examines the lives of the romantic poets, taking in Blake, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley and Wordsworth and considers the time in which they wrote their poetry.
Blake: Songs of Innocence and Experience by Part of a series of literature guides designed for GCSE coursework requirements, this book contains - author details, background to the work, summaries of the text, critical commentaries, analysis of characterization, and sample questions with guideline answers.
Divine Images by Although relatively obscure during his lifetime, William Blake has become one of the most popular English artists and writers, through poems such as "The Tyger" and "Jerusalem," and images including The Ancient of Days. Less well-known is Blake's radical religious and political temperament and that his visionary art was created to express a personal mythology that sought to recreate an entirely new approach to philosophy and art. This book examines both Blake's visual and poetic work over his long career, from early engravings and poems to his final illustrations to Dante and the Book of Job. Divine Images further explores Blake's immense popular appeal and influence after his death, offering an inspirational look at a pioneering figure.
Songs of innocence and of experience : William Blake by Key features include: study methods; an introduction to the text; summaries with critical notes; themes and techniques; textual analysis of key passages; author biography; historical and literary background; modern and historical critical approaches; chronology; and glossary of literary terms.
William Blake, his life by Reads like an illustrated chronology of Blake’s working career supplemented by elementary analyses of his poems as well as facts and anecdotes pulled from the letters
There are more resources to be found including quite a few ebooks which can be accessed online 24/7. Search with "william blake" and select the subject option.
Online encyclopaedias are great for short, concise and reliable information. It may be best to access these articles from the Online encyclopaedias page through the Hale portal. Don't forget Britannica has ready made citations for you to use.
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A online collection of magazine and newspaper articles as well as interview transcripts, images and videos. You can sort your results by publication, full text versions and even date. Online databases are available through the portal and many require specific login details.
Both EBSCOhost and Gale INFOTRAC have specialized databases so use these first.
Suggested articles would include:
William Blake - London: Hip-Hop star Akala explores William Blake's poem 'London' and discusses how power and authority are abused to oppress the weakest in society.
Dr David Fallon introduces the poetry, painting, and engraving of William Blake, focusing on the imaginative and visionary aspects of Blake's work and his desire to break the publics 'mind-forg'd manacles'.
Reference Generator It is important to provide evidence of using a variety of reliable resources. Use the online Reference Generator available through the Portal to create your citations. Make sure you alphabetically sort them afterwards. Click here for a Hale School guide to referencing.
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A sample bibliography for 3 resources suggested on this page would look like:
Romanticism 2022. Britannica School. Retrieved 19 May 2022, from https://school.eb.com.au/levels/high/article/Romanticism/83836
Stern, F 2009, ‘William Blake, Visionary Rebel’, World & I, vol. 24, no. 8, p. 1, viewed 19 May 2022, <https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=azh&AN=45163938&site=ehost-live>.
William Blake 2022. Britannica School. Retrieved 19 May 2022, from https://school.eb.com.au/levels/high/article/William-Blake/15583
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