Full Title: Blake wrote the ‘Songs of Innocence’ in 1789 when the French Revolution began. He wrote the ‘Songs of Experience’ in 1794 when terror took over from the revolutionary spirit. Is this change apparent in ‘The Songs’? There is certainly a change in mood and style between Blake’s ‘Songs of Innocence’ and ‘Experience’. Throughout [...]

Lenin died in January 1924, leaving a gap as leader of the Soviet Union at a crucial time of Russia’s progression towards communism. However, at the time of Lenin’s death the country had seemed to achieve a reasonable degree of stability, both economically and politically. During the civil war Lenin imposed “War Communism” which had [...]