I took a course on Shakespeare with Professor Aileen Ward in my freshman year at Brandeis University. She was an outstanding professor and lecturer. I also attended a reception once in her apartment in Cambridge, which I have not forgotten.
I wish Professor Ward had been able to complete her biography of Blake, and hope that someday someone may be able complete it.
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Aileen Ward, introduction, The Poems of William Blake (The Heritage Press, 1973)
booklet accompanying Heritage Press edition
interview with Aileen Ward, Bookllist, June 2003
Aileen Ward, “Who Was Robert Blake?” (Blake: An Illustrated Quarterly, Winter 1994/95)
Aileen Ward obituary
Introduction, ‘The Poems of William Blake’
Aiileen Ward, ‘Who Was Robert Blake’
Aileen Ward obit – NY Times 6-7-2016
— posted by Roger W. Smith
August 2025
a Blake illustration
Roger Smith’s Blake library (Word document below)
I looked at your list of Blake books and it seems you probably could write a book on the man yourself. I know very little about him but have been long intrigued. Have you seen this newish book? https://a.co/d/iDL24ze I like the cover.
No, I did not know about this book. Thank you for telling me about it.