Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20071126 | Tom Paulin considers Blake's Songs of Innocence. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. |
| 02 | 20071127 | Tom Paulin considers Blake's Songs of Experience. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. |
| 03 | 20071128 | Paulin on Blake On the 250th anniversary of the birth of William Blake, Tom Paulin presents a series of spoken essays exploring the life and works of the great non-conformist English visionary, poet and artist. 3/4. He focuses on America and Blake's vision of the mysterious free nation that was developing across the Atlantic. Tom Paulin focuses on Blake's vision of America. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. |
| 04 | 20071129 | Paulin on Blake On the 250th anniversary of the birth of William Blake, Tom Paulin presents a series of spoken essays exploring the life and works of the great non-conformist English visionary, poet and artist. 4/4. He explores some of Blake's more complex writing in the unfinished epic Vala and confides his own frustration at not having yet grasped the strange and inscrutable mythological world of Blake's creation. Tom Paulin explores Blake's complex writing in the unfinished epic Vala. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. |