The traveller in the evening : the last works of William Blake / Morton D. Paley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paley, Morton D., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blake, William, 1757-1827--Criticism and interpretation.

Blake, William.

Blake, William, 1757-1827--Last years.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a book about Blake's last period, from 1818 to his death in 1827, although it includes some of his greatest works. Morton Paley argues that this late phase involves attitudes, themes, and ideas that are either new or different in emphasis from what preceded them.

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1 DARK PASTORAL: ILLUSTRATIONS TO THORNTON'S VIRGIL; 2 HIS TWO SONS SATAN & ADAM; 3 'IN EQUIVOCAL WORLDS UP & DOWN ARE EQUIVOCAL': ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE DIVINE COMEDY; 4 'THOU READST BLACK WHERE I READ WHITE': THE BIBLE; SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE: THE VISIONARY HEADS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; GENERAL INDEX; INDEX OF WORKS

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-318) and indexes.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-03958-5

1-281-37137-8

9786611371371

0-19-152781-5

OCLC:

476246175