Blake's critique of transcendence : love, jealousy, and the sublime in The four Zoas

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Otto, Peter, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transcendence (Philosophy) in literature.

Sublime, The, in literature.

Jealousy in literature.

Love in literature.

Blake, William, 1757-1827. Four Zoas.

Blake, William.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 365 p., [8] p. of plates) : ill.

Other Title:

Blake’s Critique of Transcendence

Blake's critique of transcendence

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examining in detail the relation between Blake's text and the visual designs in The Four Zoas, Peter Otto uncovers a Blake deeply engaged with the cultural discourses of his time.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: PART I. THE RHETORIC OF TRANSCENDENCE

1. Blake, Blake Criticism, and the Sublime

2. Rational Heavens and Carnal Hells

PART II. FALLING INTO A WORLD OF LOS(S)

3. The Birth of Los(s) from Tharmas

4. Urizen's World of Los(s)

5. A Cacophony of Voices

6. Building a Swedenborgian Heaven

PART III. BUILDING THE FALLEN WORLD

7. The Elaboration of Los(s)

PART IV. REASON'S STRUGGLE AGAINST THE FLESH

8. Urizen Explores his Dens

9. Flesh and Spirit

10. A Sensitive Body

PART V. THE END AND BEGINNING OF HISTORY

11. Death of the Body/Liberation of the Spirit

12. The LastJudgement

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.