William Blake Romantic

Info

- man, born free, is everywhere in chains, and he applied himself to the remedy

- eccentric mystic

- madman

- most thorough-going romantic

- Satanic counterfeit of Christian redemption

- human togetherness, as a goal, is central to the modern religious viewpoint

Works

- Songs of Innocence - "The Lamb"

- Songs of Experience - "The Tyger"; "The Clod and the Pebble"; "London"

- The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Terms

- rationalism

Citation

Horton, Ronald A. British Literature for Christian Schools. Greenville, SC: Bob Jones University Press, 1992.