Philip Hoare: William Blake and the Sea Monster of Love

Poet, painter, printer and visionary William Blake has inspired 200 years of art, poetry and protest. Weaving between the historical, cultural and personal, Philip Hoare reveals a web of creative minds inspired by Blake’s genius. The artist draws together the natural world and metaphysical realms, merging the human, the animal and the spiritual, firing up 20th century artists, filmmakers, poets, writers and musicians including Derek Jarman and Paul Nash with his radical promise of freedom.

Book: William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love, 4th Estate