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A review by jeregenest
Blake by Peter Ackroyd
4.0
I like Ackroyd a lot because he has one foot in the slipstream/high weird camp that I so love. Okay probably more than one foot as novels like English Music and Hawksmoor attest.
Ackroyd’s biography of Blake is a detailed look at Blake's life, linking his work, his art, his philosophy and his poetry together. Something I enjoy even more the second time through is the way this biography oftentimes seems like a tourist's guide to Blake's London. No surprise after his biography of London, but still appreciated.
I am surprised that Ackroyd’s Blake is sometimes not the crazy mystic others portray, but Blake does pack enough craziness in this book to satisfy.
Ackroyd’s biography of Blake is a detailed look at Blake's life, linking his work, his art, his philosophy and his poetry together. Something I enjoy even more the second time through is the way this biography oftentimes seems like a tourist's guide to Blake's London. No surprise after his biography of London, but still appreciated.
I am surprised that Ackroyd’s Blake is sometimes not the crazy mystic others portray, but Blake does pack enough craziness in this book to satisfy.