scandals and reputation

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• Beckford’s letters to Charlotte Courtenay
• Scandal of 1784: texts from the time
• William in the words of others: during his lifetime
• William in the words of others: after his death

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Images from the top

• William Blake: Albion rose, 1793. Wikimedia Commons

“Albion rose from where he labourd at the Mill with Slaves / Giving himself for the Nations he danc’d the dance of Eternal Death”.

• William Blake: Songs of innocence title page, 1789. https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/william-blake-39/blakes-songs-innocence-experience.

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Page history

• 2023 March 11: first published online.