文档介绍：II OBJECTIVES
A) Introduction to William Blake
B) Special features of his works
C) Study of the poem The Tyger
D) Assignment
I TOPIC: William Blake and The Tyger
William Blake
Topic 1—Introduction to William Blake
﹡A precursor of English romanticism imaginative poet
contempt for the rule of reason
against the classical tradition
treasure the individual’s imagination
Fierceness and gentleness are contrasting qualities of the human mind.
An imaginative poet
“I know that This World is a World of IMAGINATION﹠Vision.” and that “The Nature of my work is visionary or imaginative.”

“spiritual portraits” of the mighty dead
Some quotable lines
To see a World in a Grain of Sand,
And Heaven in a Wild Flower.
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,
And Eternity in an hour.
一颗沙中看出一个世界,
一朵花里看出一座天堂,
把无限放在你的手掌上, 把永恒在一刹那间收藏。

—Auguries of innocence 纯真预言
The lines express the relationship between part and entirety. Only do we understand the law of everything and see mon regularity, we e to understand general situation fro part. In a deeper sense, they suggest the change of infinite and finite, celebrating human self-confidence and freedom and the eternal significance of one’s short life.
An engraver and painter
﹡Henry Par's drawing school
﹡an apprentice at an engraving business,
to make "copperplates”.
﹡ beginning with Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience (1794), the most strikingly original and independent bodies.
“pity”: an illustration from Macbeth