Blake: Intertextual References

Blake, though best known for poetry, received most of his income as an engraver. Which artists has he been inspired by?

Which two Greek myths were referenced in William Blake's poem The Tyger?

William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 [part of it is shown below] best contrasts to which of William Blake's poems?

Blake, inspired by Renaissance poet Thomas Nashe, used seasons to symbolise Innocence/Experience. Name of poem by Nashe?

William Blake wrote in "The Mental Traveller" that "the Eye altering alters all". This may relate to what book?

Taken from Blake's work, this quote inspired Aldous Huxley to write “The Doors of Perception”. When did Huxley write it?

Which of Blake's illustrations was made famous in Thomas Harris’ novel Red Dragon (1981)?

Which poet described post-revolutionary Paris as “a place of fear […] Defenceless as a wood where tigers roam”.

What topic, relating to Blake's The Angel, was used by 18th Cent. writers like S. Richardson in his Pamela and Carissa?

The following table suggests that The Lamb and The Tyger share many elements of intertextuality.

Which of William Blake's poems was made into a famous song by Hubert Parry and is sung on the last day of The BBC Proms?

T.S. Eliot said that William Blake's poetry was unoriginal and heavily influenced by his contemporaries in this quote.

Which composer set many of William Blake's poems to music, such as The Tyger in this clip?

Which author was inspired by Blake's poetry and created a trilogy written with the themes of Innocence and Experience?

Name the country where The Manifesto of the Equals (1796) was created, heavily inspiring Blake.

The epic Paradise Lost by John Milton massively inspired William Blake. What was it about?