William Blake

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ATeacherWrites.com Oxford Graduate English Teacher explains Blake's famous poem

Iain Sinclair visits William Blake's grave and discusses the spiritual visions that made up such a significant part of his life and work. Filmed at Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, London. Explore more films, together with thousands of Victorian and Romantic literary treasures, at the British Library's Discovering Literature website - http://www.bl.uk/discovering-literature.

An explanation of the various meanings behind William Blakes' Introduction to the Songs of Innocence, exploring the ways in which the poet reveals the differences between music, song and writing.

In 2007, VocalEssence, a choral music organization based in Minneapolis, mounted a dramatic production of William Bolcom's monumental "Songs of Innocence and of Experience" - a setting for soloists, massed chorus and orchestra of all 46 of Blake's poems. This short video features clips from several of the works that were part of the performance.