blake critics

• "The ________ of his age, which included child labour and _________, pushed him into ________." (H______, 2021)

  "The issues of his age, which included child labour and slavery, pushed him into anger" (Higgs, 2021)
• Blake "regarded [the world] with ________, dismay, or what he called 'Nervous _________'" (A_________, 1999)


  Blake "regarded [the world] with scorn, dismay, or what he called 'Nervous Fear'" (Ackroyd, 1999)
• "children within his own poetry tend to be __________, enraged or simply ________" (A__________, ______)

  "children within his own poetry tend to be spirited, enraged or simply afraid" (Ackroyd, 1999)
• Writing for children: "there can be little ________ that Blake was trying to __________ on the __________ market for such literature in this period" (Ackroyd, _______)

  Writing for children: "there can be little doubt that Blake was trying to capitalise on the growing market for such literature in this period" (Ackroyd, 1999)
• "the Songs aspire to be as __________ and impersonal as the ______ ballads and nursery _________ from which Blake borrowed" (A__________, 1999)

  "the Songs aspire to be as formal and impersonal as the folk ballads and nursery rhymes from which Blake borrowed" (Ackroyd, 1999)
• "[Blake's] poetry is often ______________ and _____________" (Ackroyd, ________)

  "[Blake's] poetry is often declaration and assertion" (Ackroyd, 1999)
• "Blake stands outside __________ and experience (...) he hopes to be able to recognise and _________ the ___________ of both" (Nathan ________)

  "Blake stands outside innocence and experience (...) he hopes to be able to recognise and correct the fallacies of both" (Nathan Rose)
• Blake considered the world "_________-laden, filled with ____________ foes, deadly Tygers, hypocritical _______, and _____________ social and religious systems that __________ life." (Harold S. P___________)

  Blake considered the world "death-laden, filled with intimidating foes, deadly Tygers, hypocritical smiles, and constricting social and religious systems that reduce life." (Harold S. Pagliaro)
• the Songs "often work by ___________ familiar forms and arousing ___________ which they go on to ___________" (John M___)

  the Songs "often work by mimicking familiar forms and arousing expectations which they go on to frustrate" (John Mee)
• "an __________ of tone" (Harold ________)

  "an ambiguity of tone" (Harold Bloom)
• Songs of Innocence: "a __________ example of Blake's understanding of, and ___________ for, the mind of a _______." (H______, 2021)

  Songs of Innocence: "a perfect example of Blake's understanding of, and sympathy for, the mind of a child." (Higgs, 2021)
• "[Blake's] _______________ consciousness remained alive and _________ in part of his adult mind." (H_______, 2021)

  "[Blake's] prepubescent consciousness remained alive and unsullied in part of his adult mind." (Higgs, 2021)
• The Tyger': "Blake is _________ to ask those _________ and leave the answers to the __________." (Higgs, 2021)

  'The Tyger': "Blake is content to ask those questions and leave the answers to the reader." (Higgs, 2021)
• "For Blake, it was ________ hypocrisy for parents to consider themselves ___________ after ____________ their own child to such a __________ life." (Higgs, ______)


  "For Blake, it was pious hypocrisy for parents to consider themselves Christian after condemning their own child to such a hellish life." (Higgs, 2021)
• The Chimney Sweeper' in Experience: "[Blake] has extended his __________ to all _________ of society who turn a _________ eye to the suffering of children" (Higgs, 2021)


  'The Chimney Sweeper' in Experience: "[Blake] has extended his contempt to all pillars of society who turn a blind eye to the suffering of children." (Higgs, 2021)
• The Clod and the Pebble': "Blake is not interested in which __________ is right. He is ____________ in the ___________ dynamic between the two." (H______, 2021)


  'The Clod and the Pebble': "Blake is not interested in which position is right. He is interested in the contrasting dynamic between the two." (Higgs, 2021)
• "The Songs combine extreme __________ of form with ________ and mysterious ___________." (Richard H__________)

  "The Songs combine extreme simplicity of form with complex and mysterious meanings" (Richard Holmes)
• "strong _______ and dramatic ________" (Frederick T_________)


  "strong visual and dramatic sense" (Frederick Tatham - one of Blake's contemporaries)
• "a '__________' philosophy which is partly _________, partly _________, and partly __________." (Richard H_______)


  "a 'prophetic' philosophy which is partly religious, partly political, and partly artistic." (Richard Holmes)
• "_____ and turbulence ____________ shape the _________, inspired, mysterious _________ of the Songs" (Richard H_________)

  "love and turbulence profoundly shape the restless, inspired, mysterious spirit of the Songs." (Richard Holmes)
• "the Songs develop a vision of _________ nature which questions our most ______________ ideas" (Richard H___________)


  "the Songs develop a vision of human nature which questions our most fundamental ideas" (Richard Holmes)
• The Chimney Sweeper' in Innocence: "Tom Dacre, like the ___________ narrator, is little more than a _________________ voice for ____________ control." (F_____________, 2014)


  'The Chimney Sweeper' in Innocence: "Tom Dacre, like the innocent narrator, is little more than a ventriloquial voice for institutional control." (Freedman, 2014)
• The Chimney Sweeper' in Experience: "the child of experience is a vocal ________ ________." (F__________, 2014)


  'The Chimney Sweeper' in Experience: "the child of experience is a vocal social critic." (Freedman, 2014)
• "By __________ our ____ and our eyes, Blake suggests we may also _______ our minds." (F________, 2014)


  "By opening our ears and our eyes, Blake suggests we may also open our minds." (Freedman, 2014)
• "__________ verses" + "________ in their wildness and __________" (Q_________, 1848)

  "nonsense verses" + "charm in their wildness and oddness" (Quillian, 1848)
• "Blake's poetry has the ________________ of _______ poetry" (_ _ _______, 1922)

  "Blake's poetry has the unpleasantness of great poetry." (T S Eliot, 1922)
• "The _____________ directness of his ________" (M_______, 2000)

  "The unnerving directness of his lyrics" (Motion, 2000)
• "a great radical, _________, one-__________ poet" (P_______, 2000)

  "a great radical, dissenting, one-nation poet" (Paulin, 2000)
• "Compelled to _________ and __________" (C_________, 2000)

  "Compelled to shock and provoke" (Collings, 2000)
• "a ___________ of extremes" (____, 2004)


  "a combination of extremes" (BBC, 2004)
• "His vision of ____________ as inevitably ________ and contradictory mirrors the __________ turmoil of his age" (_____, 2004)


  "His vision of civilisation as inevitably chaotic and contradictory mirrors the political turmoil of his age." (BBC, 2004)