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Reading Great Books of HumanitiesWeek 10 ;William Blake (November 28, 1757 – August 12, 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Blakes work is today considered seminal and significant in the history of both poetry and the visual arts. He was voted 38th in a poll of the 100 Greatest Britons organized by the BBC in 2002. According to Northrop Frye, who undertook a study of Blakes entire poetic corpus, his prophetic poems form what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language. ;Others have praised Bl