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Innocent Augur – Patti Smith’s Blake
If there is one thing that is incredibly heartwarming for me, it is the flowering successes of Patti Smith. Her passions for Blake (as well as so many other things – from the French Symbolists to the...
View ArticlePatti Smith’s My Blakean Year
Patti Smith plays a version of her “My Blakean Year” from the 2004 album Trampin’. You can also read about Blake’s influence on Smith. Go to the next video from the William Blake Jukebox: Benjamin...
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Blakespotting: News about William Blake, June 2018
The big news during June was Tate Britain’s announcement that it will recreate William Blake’s failed 1809 exhibition in 2019. Speaking to Robert Dex at the London Evening Standard, Alex Farquharson...
View ArticleReview: William Blake and the Myth of America
William Blake as a writer and artist was clearly fascinated by America: while his contemporaries were shaped almost entirely by the French Revolution, Blake’s initial contact with revolutionary ideas...
View ArticleReview: Patti Smith – The New Jerusalem
In 2005, Patti Smith released a well-received book of poetry, Auguries of Innocence, that clearly indicated her affections for the work of William Blake. Some thirteen years later, the influence of...
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