One of the best editions of Blake’s work is The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David V. Erdman. The Norton Critical Edition, Blake’s Poetry and Designs: Illuminated Works, Other Writings, Criticism (ed. J.E. Grant & M.J. Johnson) also contains an excellent selection, helpful notes, some colour illustrations, and critical essays at the end.
Books on Blake:
- Damon, S. F. A Blake Dictionary: The Ideas and Symbols of William Blake
- Frye, N. Fearful Symmetry, A Study of William Blake
- Gilchrist, A. (1863). Life of William Blake: Pictor Ignotus. In: R. Holmes (Ed.), Gilchrist on Blake
- Tweedy, R. The God of the Left Hemisphere: Blake, Bolte Taylor and the Myth of Creation
Other recommended reading:
- Bakan, J. The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
- Barfield, O. Saving the Appearances: A Study in Idolatry
- Bolte Taylor, J. My Stroke of Insight
- Borg, M. Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously but not Literally
- Borg, M. Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus & the Heart of Contemporary Faith
- Borg, M Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings, and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary
- Clark, D. L. (Ed.) Shelley’s Prose: or The Trumpet of a Prophecy
- DeMeo, J. (1998, reprinted 2011). Saharasia: The 4000 BCE Origins of Child Abuse, Sex-Repression, Warfare and Social Violence in the Deserts of the Old World
- Edinger, E. F. Ego & Archetype: Individuation and the Religious Function of the Psyche
- Edinger, E. F. Archetype of the Apocalypse: Divine Vengeance, Terrorism, and the End of the World
- Gatto, J. T. Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
- Gittings, R. (Ed.) Letters of John Keats
- Groddeck, G. The Book Of The It
- Grossman, D. On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
- Huxley, A. The Doors of Perception
- Jaynes, J. The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
- Knight C. & Lomas R. The Hiram Key: Pharoahs, Freemasons and the Discovery of the Secret Scrolls of Jesus
- Lakoff, G. & Johnson, M. Metaphors We Live By
- Lanza, R. and Berman, B. Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe
- Leakey, R. The Making of Mankind
- McGilchrist, I. The Master and his Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
- McGilchrist, I. Iain McGilchrist and Jonathan Rowson: Divided Brain, Divided World: Why the best part of us struggles to be heard
- Plato, Timaeus and Critias
- Plato Phaedrus, Apology, Crito, and Symposium
- Postman, N. Amusing Ourselves to Death
- Pullman, P. The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ
- Pullman, P. His Dark Materials
- Reiman, D. H. & Powers, S. B. (Eds.) Shelley’s Poetry and Prose: Authoritative Texts and Criticism
- Renfrew, C. Prehistory: The Making of the Human Mind
- Ronson, J. The Psychopath Test: A Journey through the Madness Industry
- Rowland, C. Blake and the Bible
- Rowland, C. & Roberts, J. The Bible for Sinners: Interpretation in the Present Time
- Rundle Clark, R. T. Myth and Symbol in Ancient Egypt
- Sheldrake, R. The Science Delusion: Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry
- Sklar, S. Blake’s ‘Jerusalem’ As Visionary Theatre: Entering the Divine Body
- Solomon, A. Blake’s Job: A Message for our Time
- Taylor, S. The Fall: The Insanity of the Ego in Human History and the Dawning of a New Era
- Tolle, E. The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
- Tolle, E. A New Earth: Create a Better Life
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