WilliamBlake个人及作品风格介绍

WilliamBlakeGroup8Content1.AuthorIntroductionBackground4.StylisticFeaturesPARTONEauthorEarlylifeLaterlifeandcareerTurningpointHislastlifeHislifeHislifeEarlylife:Heattendedschoolonlylongenoughtolearnreadingandwriting,leavingattheageoften,andwasotherwiseeducatedathomebyhismotherCatherineBlake.EventhoughtheBlakeswereEnglishDissenters,Williamwasbaptisedon11DecemberatStJames'sChurch,Piccadilly,London.TheBiblewasanearlyandprofoundinfluenceonBlake,andremainedasourceofinspirationthroughouthislife.HislifeLaterlifeandcareer:Blake'smarriagetoCatherinewascloseanddevoteduntilhisdeath.BlaketaughtCatherinetowrite,andshehelpedhimcolourhisprintedpoems.Gilchristrefersto"stormytimes"intheearlyyearsoftheWilliamandCatherine'sfirstdaughterandlastchildmightbeTheldescribedinTheBookofThelwhowasconceivedasdead.HislifeTurningpoint:1803ChangingofhismindandartAnaltercationwithaprivatewhointheRoyaldragoonsHislifeHislastlife:Blake'slastyearswerespentatFountainCourtofftheStrand(thepropertywasdemolishedinthe1880s,whentheSavoyHotelwasbuilt).Onthedayofhisdeath(12August1827),BlakeworkedrelentlesslyonhisDanteseries.PARTTWOIntroductionTHECHIMNEYSWEEPER"TheChimneySweeper"isthetitleofapoembyWilliamBlake,publishedintwopartsinSongsofInnocencein1789andSongsofexperiencein1794.Thepoem"TheChimneySweeper"issetagainstthedarkbackgroundofchildlabourthatwasprominentinEnglandinthelate18thand19thcentury.Attheageoffourandfive,boysweresoldtocleanchimneys,duetotheirsmallsize.Thesechildrenwereoppressedandhadadiminutiveexistencethatwassociallyacceptedatthetime.THECHIMNEYSWEEPERIntheearlierpoem,ayoungchimneysweeperrecountsadreamhadbyoneofhisfellows,inwhichanangelrescuestheboysfromcoffinsandtakesthemtoasunnymeadow;inthelaterpoem,anapparentlyadultspeakerencountersachildchimneysweeperabandonedinthesnowwhilehisparentsareatchurchorpossiblyevensuffereddeathwherechurchisreferringtobeingwithGod.THETYGER"TheTyger"isapoembytheEnglishpoetWilliamBlakepublishedin1794aspartoftheSongsofExperiencecollection.LiterarycriticAlfredKazincallsit"themostfamousofhispoems",andTheCambridgeCompaniontoWilliamBlakesaysitis"themostanthologizedpoeminEnglish".ItisoneofBlake'smostreinterpretedandarrangedworks.PartThreeBackgroundWilliamBlake1757-1827TheBritishIndustrialRevolution英国工业革命1760-1840AmericanRevolutionaryWar美国独立战争1775-1783TheFrenchRevolution法国大革命1789-1794AperiodofgreatachievementTheBritishIndustrialRevolution英国工业革命ThemanualworkshopFactoriesthatusebigmachinesThepeasantsresiststrongly,theypetitioned.

Farmerslostland,a

largenumberofskilledworkerslosttheirjobs,handicraftsmenlosttheirstatus.Inordertogetjobs,raisewages,improveconditionsoflabor,workersstruck,smashed

machines,andclashedwithgovernmentforces.TheBritishIndustrialRevolution英国工业革命Inthiscontexthewrotethispoem,anditisthispoemthatshowshistimebackground.TheChimneySweeperTheFourZoasIn1804,thispoem

revealedthattheindustrialandcommercialprosperityoftheBritishempirewasbasedonexploitationandslavery.Blakewaslivinginthisageandhispoetrywastheproductofthisturbulent(动荡不安的)age.TheBritishIndustrialRevolution英国工业革命ExploitationandslaveryTheindustrialandcommercialprosperityoftheBritishDuringtheindustrialrevolution,whichwassupposedtobethedarkageofthechimneysweepers,thenumberofchildchimneysweepersreacheditspeak.TheFrenchRevolution法国大革命TheFrenchrevolutiondestroyedtheautocraticruleoftheFrenchmonarchy（法国君主专制统治）andspreadtheprogressiveideasofliberaldemocracy.ThistimeBlake

wroteprophecypoem(预言诗)

Frenchrevolution

(1791)andAmerica

(1793),etc.,eulogized（颂扬）thebourgeois（资产阶级）democraticnationalrevolution,denounced（痛斥）thefeudalautocracy,askedforhumanequality,thelatter

poemalsocriticizedtheBritishcolonialpolicy.TheAmericanwarofindependenceandtheFrenchrevolutionsweptacrossEuropeandAmerica,andtherewasananti-feudalandanti-colonialismstruggleinBritain.TheimpactonFranceTheimpactonBritainTheimpactonBlakeTheFrenchRevolution法国大革命DuringtheFrenchrevolution(1789-1794),Europe'sbourgeoisrevolutionisontheupswingandtheclassstrugglewasextremelysharpInthesefiveyears,Blakewrotethemostimportantworkinhislife.TheFrenchRevolutionSongofExperiencePropheticbooksSothepoemTheTygerthat

symbolizedtheFrenchrevolutionwasbornPARTFOURStylisticFeaturesContentsPre-RomanticismMysticismReligionismSymbolismPre-RomanticismItoriginatedamongtheconservativegroupsofmenoflettersasareactionagainstEnlightenment.

Characteristic:ThePre-Romanticistwouldpaymoreattentiontoordinarypeople,andhaveamoreoptimisticattitudetowardslife,whichisthedifferencebetweenpre-romanticismandsentimentalism.MysticismThelittleboylostinthelonelyfen,Ledbythewand'ringlight,Begantocry,butGodevernigh,Appearedlikehisfatherinwhite.HekissedthechildandbythehandledAndtohismotherbrought,Whoinsorrowpale,thro'thelonelydaleHerlittleweepingboysought.Father!father!whereareyougoing?Odonotwalksofast.Speak,father,speaktoyourlittleboy,OrelseIshallbelost.Thenightwasdark,nofatherwasthere;Thechildwaswetwithdew;Themirewasdeep,&thechilddidweep,Andawaythevapourflew.Mysticism对布莱克来说，科学代表着人类的骨骼，理性让肉体附着其上，想象力是生存的形式，而灵视(vision)使人封圣。----麦克斯普劳曼TheoryofVision:seethetruththroughthefalseappearanceReligionismIachild,andthoualamb,WearecallèdbyHisname.Littlelamb,Godblessthee!Littlelamb,Godblessthee!Forhehearsthelamb'sinnocentcall,

Andhehearstheewe'stenderreply;

Heiswatchfulwhiletheyareinpeace,

FortheyknowwhentheirShepherdisnigh.Alittleblackthingamongthesnow,Crying"'weep!'weep!"innotesofwoe!"Whereare