The Song of Los

The Song of Los

"The Song of Los" (written 1795) is one of William Blake's epic poems known as prophetic books. The poem consists of two sections, "Africa" and "Asia". In the first section Blake catalogs the decline of morality in Europe, which he blames on both the African slave trade and enlightenment philosphers. The book provides a historical context for "The Book of Urizen", "The Book of Ahania", and "The Book of Los", and also ties those more obscure works to "The Continental Prophecies", Europe and America [cite book
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last = Erdman
first = David V. (Editor)
authorlink = David V. Erdman
coauthors = Harold Bloom
title = The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake
publisher = Random House
date = 1988
location = New York
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isbn = 0385152132


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