| University of Georgia: English Literature: Complete works of British poet, painter, visionary mystic, and engraver, William Blake (1757-1827). William Blake (1757-1827) was a British poet, painter, visionary mystic, and engraver, who illustrated and printed his own books. He believed in the supremacy of the imagination over the rationalism and materialism of the 18th- century. Misunderstood during his lifetime, it was left to later generations to recognize his importance.
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