The English Romantic poet William Blake is being celebrated in modern style through hip-hop, rapping and beatboxing. The rapper and beatboxer, Testament, has combined the poetry of Blake with his love ...

Like a lot of people, musician Susheela Raman was introduced to William Blake with the poemThe Tyger. When she was older, and moved to the UK from Australia, she would hear the song ‘Jerusalem’ ...

A rare print of William Blake’s The Tyger poem has come up for sale at Christie’s auction house, highlighting the poet and ...

A rare print of William Blake’s The Tyger poem is to go on auction where it is expected to fetch up to £120,000. The print comes from the rare first issue of Blake’s Songs Of Experience, from around ...

A rare book of poetry and artwork by William Blake sold for a sky-high US$4.3 million on Wednesday at Sotheby’s in New York, setting a world record for the English literary figure, according to the ...

William Blake, an English poet, painter, and printmaker, stands as a seminal figure in the realms of both art and literature. His works are often characterised by their mysticism, symbolism, and ...

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William Blake, The Number of the Beast Is 666, c. 1805 Credit: Jonathan Donovan In 1948, college student Allen Ginsberg was masturbating while reading William Blake in his apartment when he heard the ...

When the critic Northrop Frye published “Fearful Symmetry” in 1947, unlocking for the first time the majesty of poet William Blake’s poetic code, little did he know he also was exposing the great ...

He's widely regarded as one of the greatest poets of all time. But it seems that even William Blake was prone to doodling as a child. Scientists have discovered a series of boyhood doodles engraved on ...