pretty straightforward, really
William Blake died on this day in 1827
From Wikipedia:
Viewing Blake’s accomplishments in either poetry or in the visual arts separately is to do him a disservice;
Blake himself saw these two disciplines as being companions in a unified spiritual endeavour, and they are inseparable in a proper appreciation of his work.
His life is, perhaps, summed up by his statement that
“The imagination is not a State: it is the Human existence itselfâ€;
though this alone may not do justice to his thought.
“The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake†(William Blake, William Golding)
Thomas Mann died on this day in 1955
From Wikipedia:
Paul Thomas Mann (June 6, 1875 – August 12, 1955) was a German novelist, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and Nobel Prize laureate,
lauded principally for a series of highly symbolic and often ironic epic novels and mid-length stories,
noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and intellectual.He is noted for his analysis and critique of the European and German soul in the beginning of the 20th century,
using modernized German and Biblical stories, as well as the ideas of Goethe, Nietzsche, and Schopenhauer.
“The Magic Mountain (Vintage International)†(Thomas Mann)
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