Witness against the beast : William Blake and the moral law / E.P. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, E. P. (Edward Palmer), 1924-1993.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blake, William, 1757-1827--Political and social views.

Blake, William.

Blake, William, 1757-1827.

Dissenters, Religious--England--History--18th century.

Dissenters, Religious.

Didactic poetry, English--History and criticism.

Didactic poetry, English.

Radicalism--England--History--18th century.

Radicalism.

Blake, William, 1757-1827--Religion.

Blake, William, 1757-1827--Ethics.

Ethics, Modern--18th century.

Ethics, Modern.

Radicalism in literature.

Ethics in literature.

Ethics.

Political and social views.

Religion.

History.

England.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

xxi, 234 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, [1993]

Contents:

Part I. Inheritance

1. Works or faith?

2. Antinomianisms

3. The "ranting" impulse

4. The polite witness

5. Radical dissent

6. A peculiar people

7. Anti-hegemony

Appendix 1. The Muggletonian archive

Appendix 2. William Blake's mother

Part II. Human images

Introductory

8. The New Jerusalem Church

9. "The divine image"

10. From innocence to experience

11. "London"

12. "The human abstract"

13. Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 2 has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

1565840585

9781565840584

OCLC:

27429529