Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2)
Author(s): William Blake
Genre(s): Single Author
Narrators: Foon
Number of Chapters: 7
Length: 51 minutes
Language: English
"Innocence" and "Experience" are definitions of consciousness that rethink Milton's existential-mythic states of "Paradise" and "Fall". Blake categorizes our modes of perception that became standard in Romanticism: childhood is a state of innocence rather than original sin, but not immune to the fallen world (experience). The first part of this volume mainly shows happy, innocent perception in pastoral harmony, whereas the second part also deals with darker themes. ( Foon)
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Songs of Innocence: Introduction - The Shepherd - The Echoing Green - The Lamb - The Little Black Boy - The Blossom - The Chimney-Sweeper (Foon)
The Little Boy Lost - The Little Boy Found - Laughing Song - A Cradle Song - The Divine Image - Holy Thursday (Foon)
Songs of Experience: Introduction - Earth's Answer - The Clod and the Pebble - Holy Thursday - The Little Girl Lost - The Little Girl Found - The Chimney-Sweeper (Foon)
Nurse's Song - The Sick Rose - The Fly - The Angel - The Tiger - My Pretty Rose-Tree - Ah, Sunflower (Foon)
The audiobook Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) falls under the genres of Single Author. It is written by William Blake.