Ralph Richardson reads Blake /
On Side One Ralph Richardson reads his own selection of Blake's poems. In between the poems, Ralph talks about Blake's life and the ideas that influenced his poetry, his mysticism and anti-materialism. This actor gives his own personal views of the symbolism of the twenty one poems that...
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| Format: | Cassette Audio Book |
| Language: | English |
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Guilford, CT :
J. Norton :
[1984]
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| Series: | BBC study tapes.
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| Summary: | On Side One Ralph Richardson reads his own selection of Blake's poems. In between the poems, Ralph talks about Blake's life and the ideas that influenced his poetry, his mysticism and anti-materialism. This actor gives his own personal views of the symbolism of the twenty one poems that he reads. On Side Two, Blake takes leave of the world of innocence forever in the first of his prophetic books, The Book of Thel. Hallam Tennyson, great grandson of the poet Lord Tennyson, provides an introduction and the poem is read Cecil Day-Lewis, who was Britain's Poet Laureate until his death in 1972. |
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| Item Description: | At head of title: William Blake : Ralph Richardson reads Blake and The Book of Thel. "Audio-forum Sound seminars." Sound recording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 sound cassette (40 min., 37 sec.) : analog |