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The Portable Blake

by William Blake · 1946

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The Portable Blakecontains a selction the hermetic genius's most important works.

Themes
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Setting
1940s1940sMore like thisLess of this
Subject
philosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 713 pages
Form
poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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