Blake/An Illustrated Quarterly was born as the Blake Newsletter on a mimeograph machine at the University of California, Berkeley in 1967. Edited by Morton D. Paley, the first issue ran to nine pages, was available for a yearly subscription rate of two dollars for four issues, and included the fateful words, "As far as editorial policy is concerned, I think the Newsletter should be just that—not an incipient journal." The production office of the Newsletter relocated to the University of New Mexico when Morris Eaves became co-editor in 1970, and then moved with him in 1986 to its present home at the University of Rochester.

New! Renew for volume 43 (2009-10) at our subscriptions page.

Justin Van Kleeck has updated his Four Zoas bibliography (March 2009).

Our current issue (vol. 43, no. 2, autumn 2009) is being mailed to subscribers in October.
Contents:
Article
Céline Mansanti, "William Blake in transition Magazine (Paris, 1927–38): The Modalities of a Blake Revival in France during the 1920s and 1930s"
Reviews
Grant F. Scott, review of William Blake (1757–1827): The Visionary Genius of British Romanticism, Petit Palais, 2 April–28 June 2009
Alexander S. Gourlay, review of Martin Myrone, The Blake Book
Brent E. Kinser, review of Kevin Hutchings, Songs of William Blake [CD]
Stephen C. Behrendt, review of William L. Pressly, The Artist as Original Genius
Andrew Lincoln, review of Robert Rix, William Blake and the Cultures of Radical Christianity
Minute Particulars
Wayne C. Ripley, "Printed References to and Known Prices of Blake’s Night Thoughts, 1796–1826"
Paul Miner, "A Possible Sketch of Blake’s Napoleon"
Angus Whitehead, "A Further Reference to William Blake in the Letters of Charlotte Smith"
Jennifer Grotz, "The Ladder" [poem]

Online features from past issues:
Angus Whitehead, "'this extraordinary performance': William Blake's Use of Gold and Silver in the Creation of His Paintings and Illuminated Books" (vol. 42, no. 3, winter 2008-09): images of the gilding process and of gold in Jerusalem E
Robert N. Essick, "Blake in the Marketplace, 2007": view the Innocence Y prints
Joseph Viscomi, Blake's "Annus Mirabilis": The Productions of 1795
G. E. Bentley, Jr., Blake and the Xenoglots
Susanne Sklar, The Jerusalem Marathon
Color versions of the illustrations for the article "Blake's Only Surviving Palette?" by Joyce H. Townsend, Bronwyn Ormsby, Julia Jönsson, and Mark Evans (vol. 39, no. 2, fall 2005) can be accessed here

Online articles on the subject of color printing:
Martin Butlin, "William Blake, S. W. Hayter and Color Printing," and a response from Robert N. Essick and Joseph Viscomi.
From vol. 36, no. 2, fall 2002: Essick/Viscomi, "Blake's Method of Color Printing: Some Responses and Further Observations."
From vol. 35, no. 3, winter 2001/2002: Essick/Viscomi, "An Inquiry into Blake's Method of Color Printing."

We now have available an index for the journal Blake Studies.

Manuscript submissions are welcome in either hard copy or electronic form. Send two copies, typed and documented according to forms suggested in The MLA Style Manual, and with pages numbered, to either Morton Paley or Morris Eaves at the addresses listed under Editors. No articles will be returned unless accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope. For electronic submissions, you may send a diskette, or you may send your article as an attachment to an email message; please number the pages of electronic submissions. The preferred file format is RTF; other formats are usually acceptable.

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