220 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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The collection of essays presented in this volume represents some of the best recent critical work on William Blake as poet, prophet, visual artist, and social and political critic of his time. The critical range that is represented includes examples of Marxist, New Historicist, Feminist and Psychoanalytical approaches to Blake. Taken together, the essays consider all areas and moments of Blake's... Read more
General Editors' Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
"Mad" Blake
Marxist Criticism
i) Blake and the Radical Tradition
ii) London
"History From the Bottom Up" and the New Historicism
Blake and Art Criticism
Language and Deconstruction
Reader-Response Theory
2. E.P Thompson, "The Divine Image"
3. John Mee, "Dangerous Enthusiasm"
4. David Erdman, "Infinite London"
5. Stewart Crehan, "Producers and Devourers"
6. Susan Matthews, "Jerusalem and Nationalism"
7. John Barrell, "'Original', 'Character' and 'Individual'"
8. Kathleen Raine, "A New Mode of Printing"
9. Brenda S. Webster, "Blake, Women, and Sexuality"
10. Gerda S. Norvig, "Female Subjectivity and the Desire of Reading (in)to Balke's Book of Thel"
11. Michael Simpson, "Who Didn't Kill Blake's Fly: Moral Law and the Rule of Grammar in Songs of Experience"
12. Matt Simpson, "Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience"
Notes on Authors
Further Reading
Index
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
"Mad" Blake
Marxist Criticism
i) Blake and the Radical Tradition
ii) London
"History From the Bottom Up" and the New Historicism
Blake and Art Criticism
Language and Deconstruction
Reader-Response Theory
2. E.P Thompson, "The Divine Image"
3. John Mee, "Dangerous Enthusiasm"
4. David Erdman, "Infinite London"
5. Stewart Crehan, "Producers and Devourers"
6. Susan Matthews, "Jerusalem and Nationalism"
7. John Barrell, "'Original', 'Character' and 'Individual'"
8. Kathleen Raine, "A New Mode of Printing"
9. Brenda S. Webster, "Blake, Women, and Sexuality"
10. Gerda S. Norvig, "Female Subjectivity and the Desire of Reading (in)to Balke's Book of Thel"
11. Michael Simpson, "Who Didn't Kill Blake's Fly: Moral Law and the Rule of Grammar in Songs of Experience"
12. Matt Simpson, "Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience"
Notes on Authors
Further Reading
Index
Biography
John Lucas
