William Blake: Singing for England : VIDEO, Simply stated, William Blake "regarded himself as marked out by fate," says Blake biographer Peter Ackroyd. In this outstanding program, Ackroyd, art historian William Vaughan, Tate Britain’s Michael Phillips, and poets Tom Paulin, Kathleen Raine, and Adrian Mitchell discuss Blake’s works and examine the events and attitudes that shaped the self-styled prophet of Albion. Excerpts from Blake’s writings and images of his paintings and etchings, along with dramatizations of the visionary poet and artist at key moments of his life, underscore his enduring appeal. Though scorned in his own times, today he is hailed as a pillar of Romanticism. A BBCW Production.

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			William Blake: Singing for England

Simply stated, William Blake "regarded himself as marked out by fate," says Blake biographer Peter Ackroyd. In this outstanding program, Ackroyd, art historian William Vaughan, Tate Britain’s Michael Phillips, and poets Tom Paulin, Kathleen Raine, and Adrian Mitchell discuss Blake’s works and examine the events and attitudes that shaped the self-styled prophet of Albion. Excerpts from Blake’s writings and images of his paintings and etchings, along with dramatizations of the visionary poet and artist at key moments of his life, underscore his enduring appeal. Though scorned in his own times, today he is hailed as a pillar of Romanticism. A BBCW Production. (51 minutes)

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