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William Blake (1757-1827)
William Blake was known to be many things. They include: English poet, painter, visionary mystic, and engraver. He was born in London on November 28, 1757. His father was a successful London hosier who encouraged Blake's artistic talents. Blake was first educated at home, chiefly by his mother. In 1783 he married Catherine Boucher, the daughter of a market gardener. Blake taught her to draw and paint and she assisted him devoutly. In his "Prophetic Books", Blake expressed his lifelong concern with the struggle of the soul to free its natural energies from reason and organized religion. Mostly independent throughout his life, Blake left no debts at his death on August 12, 1827. He was buried in an unmarked grave at the public cemetery of Bun hill Fields.

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

Edgar Allan Poe was most famous as the first master of the short-story form, especially tales of the mysterious and macabre. The literary merits......

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