Continental prophecies

Title page of America a Prophecy, 1793

Title page of Europe a Prophecy, 1794

Title page of The Song of Los, 1795

The continental prophecies is a group of illuminated books by William Blake that have been subject of numerous studies due to their recurrent and unorthodox use of political, literary and sexual metaphors.^[1] They consist of America, Europe and The Song of Los (Africa and Asia).