William Blake in a Newtonian world : essays on literature as art and science / by Stuart Peterfreund. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peterfreund, Stuart.

Series:

Oklahoma project for discourse and theory. Series for science and culture ; v. 2

Oklahoma project for discourse and theory. William Blake in a Newtonian world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blake, William, 1757-1827--Knowledge--Science.

Blake, William.

Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727--Influence.

Newton, Isaac.

Literature and science--England--History--18th century.

Literature and science.

Enlightenment--England.

Enlightenment.

Literature and science--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Enlightenment--Great Britain.

Literature and science--History--18th century--Great Britain.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 255 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In William Blake in a Newtonian World, Stuart Peterfreund assesses Blake's relationship with various currents of the counter-Enlightenment, including religious radicalism, Freemasonry, and the growing political power of essentially self-educated radical artisans.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Blake and Newton: Argument as Art, Argument as Science

Ch. 2. Blake and Anti-Newtonian Thought: The Problem with Prescriptive Thought

Ch. 3. Blake, Freemasonry, and the Builder's Task

Ch. 4. Blake, Priestley, and the "Gnostic Moment"

Ch. 5. Blake on Charters, Weights, and Measures as Forms of Social Control

Ch. 6. Power Tropes: "The Tyger" as Enacted Critique of Newtonian Metonymic Logic and Natural Theology

Ch. 7. Blake and the Ideology of the Natural

Ch. 8. The Din of the City in Blake's Prophetic Books.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-240) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-12500-7