William Blake vs. Clive Barker
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
William Blake
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William Blake was an English poet, painter and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. What he called his "prophetic works" were said by the 20th-century critic Northrop Frye to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language".
"Eternity is in love with the productions of time."
Clive Barker
1952 – present
Clive Barker is a British writer, filmmaker, and visual artist. He came to prominence in the 1980s with a series of short stories collectively named the Books of Blood, which established him as a leading horror author. His work has been adapted into films, notably the Hellraiser series and the Candyman series.
"Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep."
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