How to use this site
This site consists of 90 screens, with 16 audio-recordings, flash animation, a downloadable teacher's pack and other innovative technical features. This brief guide is designed to help you navigate the site successfully.

Site Overview
The site consists of 5 sections, each containing 1 or 2 sub-sections:
1. Gothic Artist containing Bite-size Life of Blake and Illustrations to Dante
2. Lambeth's Vale containing an Interactive Map of Blake's London
3. Imagination containing an e-dictionary of Blake's characters
4. Formidable Works containing Songs of Innocence & Experience and Jerusalem
5. Learning Tools containing Blake Amazing Facts Game, Teacher's Pack, Further Reading and Links

Site Highlights
· Hear the Songs of Innocence and Experience read by a well-known English actor, while looking at the original engravings of the poems complete with pop-up notes.
· Click on an interactive map to see 16 historic sites connected with Blake in Britain's capital city.
· Press the buttons to find out 22 extraordinary things about Blake in the Amazing Facts Game. This section includes manga-illustrations and sound effects.
· Listen to extracts from Dante's Divine Comedy at the same time as looking at Blake's watercolours.

Section Contents
1. Gothic Artist (18 pages)
The Bite-size Life of Blake divides Blake's life into nine sections. A brief illustrated text linked to the rest of the site explains what Blake did, painted, engrave or wrote in each period. (Total: 10 pages)

In Illustrations to Dante seven of Blake's watercolour illustrations to the Divine Comedy are presented with text explanations and audio extracts from the English version of the poem on which Blake based his designs. The poetry is read by David Burke of the Almeida Theatre who recently played John of Gaunt opposite Ralph Fiennes' Richard II. (Total: 8 pages/+ Audio)

2. Lambeth's Vale (17 pages)
In the Interactive Map of Blake's London you can click through to photographs and text introducing sixteen places of Blake-related interest in central London. Sites that survive intact include the church where Blake was married, the house where he engraved Jerusalem and the graveyard where he lies buried. Information on transport links is also provided for those who want to visit the sites themselves. (Total: 17 pages)

3. Imagination (9 pages)
Blake created his own personal mythology with a bewildering array of symbolic characters such as Urizen, Los and the Ghost of a Flea. This illustrated e-dictionary of Blake's characters will enhance your enjoyment of his artistic and poetical works by helping you understand the significance of ten of his major characters. (Total: 9 pages)

4. Formidable Works (14 pages)
In Songs of Innocence and of Experience eight of the Songs are introduced in detail. The poems, read by David Burke of the Almeida Theatre, can be listened to in MP-3 or Real Audio formats. The poems are shown in their original engraved form with pop-up notes to explain the symbolism. A summary and analysis are also provided. The songs selected are those with the most interesting social and historical background such as 'The Little Black Boy' (slavery), 'London' (big city alienation), 'The Chimney Sweeper' (worker exploitation) and 'The Garden of Love' (repression of sexual desire).
'Holy Thursday' and 'The Chimney Sweeper' are presented in both the Innocence and Experience versions so that you can see how Blake sought to show the 'two contrary states of the human soul'. Blake's most popular poem, 'The Tiger' is also introduced in this section. (Total: 9 pages/+ Audio)

Jerusalem provides an overview of the illuminated epic-poem which Blake regarded as his masterpiece. This section aims to provide insight into one of Blake's most unfathomable works by outlining the thrust of the poem and examining a selection of the accompanying engravings. (Total: 6 pages)

5. Learning Tools (24 pages)
Blake's life story is rich in anecdote. Amazing Facts about Blake introduces little-known trivia about Blake - such as his fondness for reading in the nude, or his influence on pop musicians - in game format. Note that you must allow time for the game to load before starting. (Total: 22 screens)
The Teacher's Pack provides a twenty-three page resource for educators, whether their focus is on Blake's art or poetry. Note that the Teacher's Pack is not viewable online and must be downloaded to the desktop to be viewed. (Total: I page/23 page download)
Further Reading provides a theme-based list of the books from which this site is synthesized. (Total: 1 page)
Links provides profiles of, and links to, six more Blake-related sites. (Total: 1 page)
How to use this site (this page) provides an overview of the entire site. (Total: 1 page)

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