48: William Blake • On Vision's Wing • Part 2: Innocence & Experience

What makes Blake's Songs of Innocent & of Experience a work of genius? What is the nature of vision? What is Blake's concept of fourfold vision? Is it even graspable by the intellect? We will make the attempt. Join us for a deep dive into all of this and much more.

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∞∞∞∞∞ Research Sources: • The Life of William Blake by Alexander Gilchrist • William Blake vs The World by John Higgs • The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake publ. by Anchor Books

• A Blake Dictionary by S. Foster Damon • Fearful Symmetry by Northrop Frye • William Blake: The Complete Illuminated Books

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