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* RealityWarper: Many characters, but particularly Urizen.
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' TheOldGods: The Four Zoas are this not only to Blake's eternals, but to all human gods, angels and demons, of few of whom cameo.
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' TheOldGods: The Four Zoas are this not only to Blake's eternals, but to all human gods, angels and demons, of few of whom cameo.
* {{Satan}}: As [[{{TheCameo}}we know him]], and also as an independent character of Blake's cosmology, as Urizen's time-bound form.
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* TheVerse. Good luck on trying to find out what it all means
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* TheVerse. TheVerse Good luck on trying to find out what it all means
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* ComicBooks: Blake's comibnation of narrative and visual storytelling going above simple illustration has led some (including Creator/AlanMoore) so cite Blake's work as a proto-example of the Graphic Novel.
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* Long List: All over the place.
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* Long List: LongList: All over the place.
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* RedShirt: Thulloh is killed by Satan less than ten lines after his introduction.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Depends how much of one you consider there to be. Blake is very conscious that you're holding a book.
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* AGodAmI: Urizen certainly thinks so, being (in some versions) the first consciousness to emerge from eternity.
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* FourElementEnsemble: The Zoas: Luvah = Fire; Urizen = Air; Tharmas = Water; Urthona = Earth.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Fuzon does this to Urizen.
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* TimeyWimeyBall: A literal example in Milton. See the AlienGeometries above.
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* AlienGeometries - tons of these. Morphing spheres, interdimensional vortexes, and intersecting planes of of existence abound.
* ApocalypseHow - One hinted at at the end of ''Milton'', which finally happens in ''Jerusalem''. A Class X - 5, bordering on a class Z. But this is a ''good'' thing, allowing us to return to our eternal, non-physical states of being. YMMV on how literally this should be interpreted.
* ApocalypseHow - One hinted at at the end of ''Milton'', which finally happens in ''Jerusalem''. A Class X - 5, bordering on a class Z. But this is a ''good'' thing, allowing us to return to our eternal, non-physical states of being. YMMV on how literally this should be interpreted.
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* AlienGeometries - tons AlienGeometries: Tons of these. Morphing spheres, interdimensional vortexes, and intersecting planes of of existence abound.
*ApocalypseHow - ApocalypseHow: One hinted at at the end of ''Milton'', which finally happens in ''Jerusalem''. A Class X - 5, bordering on a class Z. But this is a ''good'' thing, allowing us to return to our eternal, non-physical states of being. YMMV on how literally this should be interpreted.interpreted.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Ideally.
* AssimilationPlot: In the attempt to resurrect Albion.
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: Every page of his illuminated books.
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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Ideally.
* AssimilationPlot: In the attempt to resurrect Albion.
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: Every page of his illuminated books.
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* GodIsEvil - A worry usually articulated through the Demiurge figure of Urizen.
* {{Gnosticism}}. His cosmology is practically made of this.
* MindScrew Made of this.
* MindScrewdriver - Infuriatingly averted by Blake himself. There's a whole critical industry dedicated to providing one though.
* {{Mythopoeia}} - A rare non fantasy/sci-fi example.
* {{PunnyName}} - With his 'eternals', usually with some indication to their [[{{MeaningfulName}} symbolic role]] within the story. Urizen = Horizon/Your Reason; Luvah = Lover; etc.
* {{Romanticism}} - One of the Big Six of the English school, along with WilliamWordsworth, SamuelTaylorColeridge, LordByron, JohnKeats and PercyByssheShelley
* {{Gnosticism}}. His cosmology is practically made of this.
* MindScrew Made of this.
* MindScrewdriver - Infuriatingly averted by Blake himself. There's a whole critical industry dedicated to providing one though.
* {{Mythopoeia}} - A rare non fantasy/sci-fi example.
* {{PunnyName}} - With his 'eternals', usually with some indication to their [[{{MeaningfulName}} symbolic role]] within the story. Urizen = Horizon/Your Reason; Luvah = Lover; etc.
* {{Romanticism}} - One of the Big Six of the English school, along with WilliamWordsworth, SamuelTaylorColeridge, LordByron, JohnKeats and PercyByssheShelley
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*{{Gnosticism}}. {{Gnosticism}}: His cosmology is practically made of this.
*MindScrew Made of this.
MindScrew: This too.
*MindScrewdriver - MindScrewdriver: Infuriatingly averted by Blake himself. There's a whole critical industry dedicated to providing one though.
*{{Mythopoeia}} - {{Mythopoeia}}: A rare non fantasy/sci-fi example.
*{{PunnyName}} - {{OurNudityIsDifferent}}: Expect illustrations of the characters to be uniformly starkers. May cross over with AuthorAppeal considering Blake was a practicing nudist.
* {{PunnyName}}: With his 'eternals', usually with some indication to their [[{{MeaningfulName}} symbolic role]] within the story. Urizen = Horizon/Your Reason; Luvah = Lover; etc.
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* PunnyName/MeaningfulName {{PunnyName}} - With his 'eternals', usually with some indication to their [[{{MeaningfulName}} symbolic role role]] within the story. Urizen = Horizon/Your Reason; Luvah = Lover; etc.
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* ApocalypseHow - One hinted at at the end og ''Milton'', which finally happens in ''Jerusalem''. A Class X - 5, bordering on a class Z. But this is a ''good'' thing, allowing us to return to our eternal, non-physical states of being. YMMV on how literally this should be interpreted.
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* ApocalypseHow - One hinted at at the end og of ''Milton'', which finally happens in ''Jerusalem''. A Class X - 5, bordering on a class Z. But this is a ''good'' thing, allowing us to return to our eternal, non-physical states of being. YMMV on how literally this should be interpreted.
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* ApocalypseHow - One hinted at at the end og ''Milton'', which finally happens in ''Jerusalem''. A Class X - 5, bordering on a class Z. But this is a ''good'' thing, allowing us to return to our eternal, non-physical states of being. YMMV on how literally this should be interpreted.
* GainaxEnding - Surprisingly, somewhat averted. The rest of his narrative is so mind-screwy that the apocalyptic endings are rather comprehensible. Still bizarre though.
* GainaxEnding - Surprisingly, somewhat averted. The rest of his narrative is so mind-screwy that the apocalyptic endings are rather comprehensible. Still bizarre though.
* MindScrewdriver - Infuriatingly averted by Blake himself. There's a whole critical industry dedicated to providing this though.
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* AlienGeometries - tons of these. Morphing spheres, interdimensional vortexes, and intersecting planes of of existence abound.
* {Gnosticism}. His cosmology is practically made of this.
* AlienGeometries - tons of these. Morphing spheres, interdimensional vortexes, and intersecting planes of of existence abound.
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** The preface to ''Milton'' includes the short poem "And did those feet in ancient time", adapted into the hymn "Jerusalem" ([[NamesTheSame not to be confused with Blake's epic poem]] ''Jerusalem'', as seen below) by Sir Hubert Parry in 1916. This hymn is now considered one of Britain's greatest candidates to a national anthem, and is a staple at the Last Night of the Proms. EmersonLakeAndPalmer opens their album ''Brain Salad Surgery'' with a CoverVersion.
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*** The hymn was also used in the opening of the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony.
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* ''[[http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172929 London]]''
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** ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tyger The Tyger]]''
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'''William Blake''' (28 November 1757 - 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker.
His work is notable for being at once highly religious and very critical of the established churches and traditions.
Many of his poems take place in a {{Verse}} of Blake's own invention, peopled with [[{{Mythopoeia}} original mythological characters]].
By most accounts, he suffered frequent bouts of hallucinatory madness which often served as inspiration for his work. He may have been schizophrenic. It's also been suggested that he had what is known as a bicameral mind, wherein information is exchanged between the subconscious and conscious mind in the form of visions of gods and spirits, supposedly more common in ancient peoples, rather than the more linear thought processes most peoples' brains have evolved. This could have been the result of a mental illness or brain defect of some kind.
Blake is also generally regarded as one of the earliest [[{{UsefulNotes/PoliticalIdeologies}} anarchists]] (e.g. by Peter Marshall in ''William Blake: Visionary Anarchist''), and is also noted for opposing slavery and championing free love decades or even centuries before either became particularly common.
His poems include:
* ''Literature/SongsOfInnocenceAndOfExperience''
* ''The Marriage of Heaven and Hell''
* ''The Four Zoas'' (his longest, about 100 pages)
* ''Jerusalem''
* ''Milton''
* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tyger The Tyger]]''
One of the protagonists of ''Film/DeadMan'' is a Blake fan, and quotes him extensively.
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His work is notable for being at once highly religious and very critical of the established churches and traditions.
Many of his poems take place in a {{Verse}} of Blake's own invention, peopled with [[{{Mythopoeia}} original mythological characters]].
By most accounts, he suffered frequent bouts of hallucinatory madness which often served as inspiration for his work. He may have been schizophrenic. It's also been suggested that he had what is known as a bicameral mind, wherein information is exchanged between the subconscious and conscious mind in the form of visions of gods and spirits, supposedly more common in ancient peoples, rather than the more linear thought processes most peoples' brains have evolved. This could have been the result of a mental illness or brain defect of some kind.
Blake is also generally regarded as one of the earliest [[{{UsefulNotes/PoliticalIdeologies}} anarchists]] (e.g. by Peter Marshall in ''William Blake: Visionary Anarchist''), and is also noted for opposing slavery and championing free love decades or even centuries before either became particularly common.
His poems include:
* ''Literature/SongsOfInnocenceAndOfExperience''
* ''The Marriage of Heaven and Hell''
* ''The Four Zoas'' (his longest, about 100 pages)
* ''Jerusalem''
* ''Milton''
* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tyger The Tyger]]''
One of the protagonists of ''Film/DeadMan'' is a Blake fan, and quotes him extensively.
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