William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love (2025, Pegasus Books) by award-winning author Philip Hoare takes the life and career of William Blake (1757–1827).

ABSTRACT: William Blake’s poetry collections Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience have always been studied by later generations. They not only reflect Blake’s deep understanding and depiction of ...

Philip Hoare’s exhilarating new book often feels like a print by William Blake. In the centre stands Blake himself, with arms outspread, his pale blue eyes meeting our gaze, his body radiating light ...

The simple joy of reading a book can inspire so much. While we’re turning their pages, we use our imaginations to live inside entire worlds with its characters. So far there’s already been ...