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As described by the ''[[Encyclopedia Britannica]]'', Blake witnessed the release of the [[soul]] of his beloved 24-year-old brother, Robert, who died from [[tuberculosis]] in 1787. Blake remained bedside for days with his ailing brother, and when he passed away Blake saw his “released [[spirit]] ascend heavenward through the matter-of-fact ceiling, ‘clapping its hands for joy,’” as recounted by Alexander Gilchrist.<ref>https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Blake/Career-as-engraver</ref>

As described by the ''[[Encyclopedia Britannica]]'', Blake witnessed the release of the [[soul]] of his beloved 24-year-old brother, Robert, who died from [[tuberculosis]] in 1787. Blake remained bedside for days with his ailing brother, and when he passed away Blake saw his “released [[spirit]] ascend heavenward through the matter-of-fact ceiling, ‘clapping its hands for joy,’” as recounted by Alexander Gilchrist.<ref>https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Blake/Career-as-engraver</ref>

He also wrote and illustrated several long epic poems of his own invented [[mythology]]. These are some of the most strikingly original works in English literature and art. His work was so different from that of most poets of his time that it was mainly ignored during his lifetime.  

Blake also wrote and illustrated several long epic poems of his own invented [[mythology]]. These are some of the most strikingly original works in English literature and art. His work was so different from that of most poets of his time that it was mainly ignored during his lifetime.  

Blake belonged to no particular poetic movement, but is now often felt to be one of the earliest and greatest figures of the Romantic movement which flourished in the first half of the nineteenth century. He proclaimed the supremacy of the imagination over the rationalism and materialism of the 18th century. He joined for a time the Swedenborgian Church of the New Jerusalem in London and considered Newtonian science to be a limitation on the human imagination. Misunderstanding shadowed his career as a writer and artist and it was left to later generations to recognize his importance. ''William Blake is far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced.'' The Guardian, UK. [[Ibidem]]

Blake belonged to no particular poetic movement, but is now often felt to be one of the earliest and greatest figures of the Romantic movement which flourished in the first half of the nineteenth century. He proclaimed the supremacy of the imagination over the rationalism and materialism of the 18th century. He joined for a time the Swedenborgian Church of the New Jerusalem in London and considered Newtonian science to be a limitation on the human imagination. Misunderstanding shadowed his career as a writer and artist and it was left to later generations to recognize his importance. ''William Blake is far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced.'' The Guardian, UK. [[Ibidem]]