Record Number: 13497

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"And tho' I call them Mine, I know that they are not Mine, being of the Same opinion with Milton when he says 'That the Muse visits his Slumbers & awakes & governs his Song when Morn purples the East', & being also in the predicament of that Prophet who says: I cannot go beyond the command of the Lord, to speak good or bad."

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
county: London
specific address: Hercules Road, Lambeth

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

William Blake

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

28 Nov 1757

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Engraver and Poet

Religion:

Non-Conformist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Milton

Title:

Paradise Lost, vii, 29-30

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

13497

Source:

Print

Author:

William Blake

Editor:

Geoffrey Keynes

Title:

The Letters of William Blake: with related documents

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

n/a

Page:

7

Additional Comments:

Letter 6 from Blake to Dr Trusler, written from Lambeth

Citation:

William Blake, Geoffrey Keynes (ed.), The Letters of William Blake: with related documents, (Oxford, 1980), p. 7, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13497, accessed: 21 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

Blake is quoting Milton, showing a strong level of engagement with Paradise Lost.