Vision and Disenchantment: Blake's Songs and Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads

Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience and Wordsworth's contributions to Lyrical Ballads were both published in the last decade of the eighteenth century. The similarities between the two collections have often been noticed. However, as Dr Glen argues, to assimilate both collections to a common 'Romanticism' is to obscure that which is most distinctive in each.Glen, Heather is the author of 'Vision and Disenchantment: Blake's Songs and Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads', published 1983 under ISBN 9780521271981 and ISBN 0521271983.