William Blake's strikingly original poetic world of myth and mysticism continues to fascinate. This selection represents the full range of his accomplishments, from his haunting lyrics to his political works.

• Abbreviations


• Introduction


• Note on the Text


• Select Bibliography


• A Chronology of William Blake


• LYRICS FROM POETICAL SKETCHES


• MANUSCRIPT POEMS FROM FLAXMAN'S COPY OF POETICAL SKETCHES


• SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND OF EXPERIENCE SHEWING THE TWO CONTRARY STATES OF THE HUMAN SOUL


• POEMS ADDED TO LATER COPIES OF SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND OF EXPERIENCE


• LYRICS FROM THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL


• LYRICS FROM THE NOTEBOOK


• BALLADS


• NARRATIVE POEMS


• DESCRIPTIVE AND DISCURSIVE POETRY


• COMIC AND SATIRICAL POETRY


• VERSE EPISTLES and DEDICATIONS


• BRIEF EPIC


• DIFFUSE EPIC


• Explanatory Notes


• Index of Titles and First Lines

Nicholas Shrimpton is the editor of Trollope's The Prime Minister (2011), The Warden (2014), and An Autobiography (2016), for Oxford World's Classics. His most recent title for Oxford World's Classics is Disraeli's Sybil (2017).