An updated edition of a classic volume and thorough overview of William Blake's life and work.

Kathleen Raine wrote a number of books of poetry, and her Collected Poems appeared in 2000. Her other books include From Blake to a Vision (1979), Blake and the New Age (1979), The Human Face of God: William Blake and the Book of Job and four volumes of autobiography.

Preface . Introduction . 1. Apprentice to Antiquity . 2. 'The lost art of the Greeks' 3. A New Mode of Printing . 4. 'Lovely Lambeth' . 5. Night Thoughts . 6. Natural Friends . 7. The Line of the Almighty . 8. Spiritual Enemies . 9. Visions of Albion 10. The Interpreter . 11. King and Priest in his own Household