Fearful symmetry : a study of William Blake / by Northrop Fry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frye, Northrop.

Series:

Princeton paperbacks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--19th century.

English literature.

Blake, William, 1757-1827.

Blake, William.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (809 pages)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1969.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This brilliant outline of Blake's thought and commentary on his poetry comes on the crest of the current interest in Blake, and carries us further towards an understanding of his work than any previous study. Here is a dear and complete solution to the riddles of the longer poems, the so-called "Prophecies," and a demonstration of Blake's insight that will amaze the modern reader. The first section of the book shows how Blake arrived at a theory of knowledge that was also, for him, a theory of religion, of human life and of art, and how this rigorously defined system of ideas found expression in the complicated but consistent symbolism of his poetry. The second and third parts, after indicating the relation of Blake to English literature and the intellectual atmosphere of his own time, explain the meaning of Blake's poems and the significance of their characters.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Illustrations

Part One. The Argument

1. The Case Against Locke

2. The Rising God

3. Beyond Good and Evil

4. A Literalist of the Imagination

5. The Word Within the Word

Part Two. The Development of the Symbolism

6. Tradition and Experiment

7. The Thief of Fire

8. The Refiner in Fire

9. The Nightmare with Her Ninefold

Part Three. The Final Synthesis

10. Comus Agonistes

11. The City of God

12. The Burden of the Valley of Vision

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-299-28917-7

1-4008-4747-8

OCLC:

845252060