{"product_id":"william-blake-and-the-sea-monsters-of-love-art-poetry-and-the-imagining-of-a-new-world-hardcover","title":"William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love: Art, Poetry, and the Imagining of a New World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilip Hoare\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA revelatory and joyous exploration of how one visionary inspired two-hundred years of art, poetry and protest by the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eAlbert and the Whale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWeaving between the historical, cultural, and personal, award-winning author Philip Hoare reveals a web of creative minds and artistic iconoclasts fired by the wild and revolutionary genius of William Blake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlake is one of the greatest artists in western history. His art envelops us. He invented a way to put words and images on a page to express his poetry and art in a manner that has never been truly equaled. Even in his own time, his fans and followers were left speechless. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlake's heavenly bodies are our real selves, soaring beyond time and space. His art is a time machine. We can climb aboard and be taken to the stars. Blake accepted no limits to the human spirit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout his life he worked as one-artist, two-people with his partner, Kate. Together they created their visions of what the world could be, filled with majestic menageries of tygers burning bright and angels in trees, of leviathans and demons and human fleas and a devil who burns with revolutionary ecstasy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWilliam Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love, \u003c\/i\u003e with Philip Hoare as our inimitable guide, Blake rises as a new hope for our own era.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip Hoare\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of ten works of narrative nonfiction including \u003ci\u003eThe Whale\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2009 Ballie Gifford Prize for nonfiction, and \u003ci\u003eAlbert \u0026amp; the Whale, \u003c\/i\u003ealso available from Pegasus Books. He lives in Southampton, England, and swims every day in the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.57 x 9.06 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52060720529709,"sku":"9781639368471","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/william-blake-and-the-sea-monsters-of-love-art-poetry-and-the-imagining-of-a-new-world-hardcover-5078323.webp?v=1780168085","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/william-blake-and-the-sea-monsters-of-love-art-poetry-and-the-imagining-of-a-new-world-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}