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William Blake and the body / Tristanne J. Connolly.
Van Pelt Library PR4148.B57 C66 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Connolly, Tristanne J., 1970-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blake, William, 1757-1827--Criticism and interpretation.
- Blake, William.
- Blake, William, 1757-1827--Knowledge and learning--Anatomy.
- Blake, William, 1757-1827.
- Anatomy.
- Human body in literature.
- Human figure in art.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 249 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
- Summary:
- "William Blake and the Body" re-evaluates Blake's central image: the human form. In Blake's designs, transparent-skinned bodies passionately contort; in his verse, metamorphic bodies burst from each other in gory, gender-bending births. The culmination is an ideal body uniting form and freedom. Connolly explores romantic-era contexts like anatomical art, embryology, miscarriage, and 20th century theorists like those of Kristeva, Douglas, and Girard to provide an innovative new analysis of Blake's transformations of body and identity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-240) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0333968484
- OCLC:
- 49403600
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