文档介绍：William Blake 威廉· 布莱克 (1757-1827) Life Experience Literary Creations Literary Position e Experience 1779 , a student at the Royal Academy 1783, his first collection of poems Poetical Sketches was printed 1782, he married the illiterate Catherine and taught her to read, write and engrave 14-20 an apprentice to an engraver 21 a professional engraver He was educated at home until 10 Text in here a memorial of him was at the Poets Corner in Westminster Abbey ? hallucination :幻觉? eg. a tree full of angels 从童年时代起,布莱克就充满了丰富的想像力,并且时常经历幻想。他说他曾看见过缀满天使的大树,曾见到过安葬在威斯敏斯特教堂中的古圣先贤,并给他们画过画像。他把自己所看到的一切用绘画和诗歌表现出来。他的画大多是经过深思熟虑后的变形人体或表现他幻觉中所见到的人物。?布莱克一生都没有得到官方或公众的赏识。在当时人们的眼中,它是个反理性主义者、梦幻家和神秘主义者,一个远离尘世的人和偏执狂。他的作品没有受到重视。直到十九、二十世纪之交,叶芝等人重编了他的诗集,人们才惊讶于他的纯真与深刻。接着是他的书信和笔记的发表,他的神启式的画也逐渐普及,于是诗人与画家布莱克的地位才确立无疑。 Blake ’ s political views ? Blake was a rebel. ? Blake strongly criticized the capitalists' cruel exploitation, saying that the "dark satanic mills left men unemployed, killed children and forced prostitution." ? He cherished great expectations and enthusiasm for the French Revolution. 1. Poems Poetical Sketches 《诗歌素描》 his first collection of poems Songs of Innocence (1789) 《天真之歌》 Songs of Experience (1794) 《经验之歌》 Literary Creations Poetical Sketches ? 12-20 岁之间写作的诗。尝试写作莎士比亚的无韵诗以及民谣形式的诗和抒情诗。有对诗坛充斥的娇柔造作表示毫无偏见的叹息,也有对统治地位的理性法则充满轻视, 还有赞同伊丽莎白时期清新的诗歌。? A collection of lyrical poems, which are highly musical. Blake's distinctive themes of love and jealousy, together with very early versions of some of his mythological figures, can be glimpsed in the delicately constructed songs . Songs of Innocence In the introduction of Songs of Innocence , the pares himself to a laughing child upon a cloud. Songs of Innocence contains poems in which we can see pictures of merry nature and innocent children. Using a language which even little babies can learn by heart . a laughing child upon