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William Blake and the impossible history of the 1790s / Saree Makdisi.
De Gruyter University of Chicago Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Makdisi, Saree.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blake, William, 1757-1827--Political and social views.
- Blake, William.
- Blake, William, 1757-1827--Religion.
- Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Politics and literature.
- Political poetry, English--History and criticism.
- Political poetry, English.
- Antinomianism in literature.
- Imperialism in literature.
- Economics in literature.
- Slavery in literature.
- Liberty in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (421 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Modern scholars often find it difficult to account for the profound eccentricities in the work of William Blake, dismissing them as either ahistorical or simply meaningless. But with this pioneering study, Saree Makdisi develops a reliable and comprehensive framework for understanding these peculiarities. According to Makdisi, Blake's poetry and drawings should compel us to reconsider the history of the 1790's. Tracing for the first time the many links among economics, politics, and religion in his work, Makdisi shows how Blake questioned and even subverted the commercial, consumerist, and political liberties that his contemporaries championed, all while developing his own radical aesthetic.
- Contents:
- Fierce rushing : William Blake and the cultural politics of liberty in the 1790s
- Laboring at the mill with slaves
- Weary of time : image and commodity in blake
- Blake and romantic imperialism
- Impossible history and the politics of life
- Conclusion : striving.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-384) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611125875
- 9781281125873
- 1281125873
- 9780226502618
- 0226502619
- OCLC:
- 476229982
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