William Blake's poetry with Philip Pullman
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William Blake’s poetry and prose. We visit Sir Philip at home to discuss the poet who has ‘inspired and intoxicated’ him for the last sixty years. In Philip’s book-lined sitting room we discuss Blake’s most loved works: his Songs of Innocence and of Experience, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell and Auguries of Innocence.   Pullman has written frequently about Blake and previously served as President of the William Blake Society.   Blake’s Selected Poems (Penguin Classics edition) https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/33866/selected-poems-blake-by-william-blake-ed-professor-g-e-bentley-series-editor--christopher-ricks/9780140424461 https://apple.co/48HX8yM   Naxos Audiobooks edition of Blake’s poetry, read by Robert Glenister, Michael Maloney and Stephen Critchlow https://naxosaudiobooks.com/blake-william-selections/ https://apple.co/3tRg676   Sir Philip Pullman https://www.philip-pullman.com/   Daemon Voices by Philip Pullman https://www.davidficklingbooks.com/shop/ItemDetails.php?pubID=190 https://apple.co/4aVkHpC   Audiobook edition of Daemon Voices https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/309349/daemon-voices-by-pullman-philip/9780241372906 https://apple.co/47NE6Gl   The Blake Society https://blakesociety.org/   Presenter – Henry Eliot: https://www.henryeliot.co.uk/ Producer – Andrea Rangecroft: https://www.andrearangecroft.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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