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Abstract
The “Introduction” to Songs of Innocence is a short poem about a piper. This article addresses one particular feature that has not been thoroughly considered: the significance of the piper’s pipe. Examining the instrument and its role throws fresh light on the poem.
期刊介绍:
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.