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William Blake will always be an interesting figure to the psychologist
and alienist because he represents the essential qualities of genius carried
to that extreme point at which the question of its sanity became a delicate
and difficult problem to consider. The material for reaching a solution of
this problem has never been so clearly and fully presented as in the
attractive and important volume which Mr. Arthur Symons has lately devoted
to Blake. Mr. Symons has adopted an admirable method. In the first half of
the book he presents his own finely interpreted version of Blake's life and
Blake's work; in the second half he brings together without comment, and for
the first time in a fairly complete shape, all the first-hand biographical
material on which every estimate of Blake must be founded. We are thus
enabled to form an independent opinion.
Title: William Blake
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William Blake will always be an interesting figure to the psychologist
and alienist because he represents the essential qualities of genius carried
to that extreme point at which the question of its sanity became a delicate
and difficult problem to consider.
The material for reaching a solution of
this problem has never been so clearly and fully presented as in the
attractive and important volume which Mr.
Arthur Symons has lately devoted
to Blake.
Mr.
Symons has adopted an admirable method.
In the first half of
the book he presents his own finely interpreted version of Blake's life and
Blake's work; in the second half he brings together without comment, and for
the first time in a fairly complete shape, all the first-hand biographical
material on which every estimate of Blake must be founded.
We are thus
enabled to form an independent opinion.
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