William Blake vs. the world / John Higgs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Higgs, John, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blake, William, 1757-1827.

Blake, William.

Blake, William, 1757-1827--Political and social views.

Blake, William, 1757-1827--Religion.

Political and social views.

Religion.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 390 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First Pegasus Books cloth edition.

Other Title:

William Blake versus the world

Place of Publication:

New York : Pegasus Books, Ltd., 2022.

Summary:

"A wild and unexpected journey through culture, science, philosophy, and religion to better understand the mercurial genius of William Blake. Poet, artist, and visionary, William Blake is an archetypal misunderstood genius. His life passed without recognition and he worked without reward, often mocked, dismissed and misinterpreted. Yet from his ignoble end in a pauper's grave, Blake now occupies a unique position as an artist who unites and attracts people from all corners of society--a rare inclusive symbol of human identity. Blake famously experienced visions, and it is these that shaped his attitude toward politics, sex, religion, society, and art. Thanks to the work of neuroscientists and psychologists, we are now in a better position to understand what was happening inside that remarkable mind and gain a deeper appreciation of his brilliance. His timeless work, we will find, has never been more relevant. In William Blake vs the World we return to a world of riots, revolutions, and radicals; discuss movements from the Levellers of the sixteenth century to the psychedelic counterculture of the 1960s; and explore the latest discoveries in neurobiology, quantum physics, and comparative religion. Taking the reader on a wild adventure into unfamiliar territory, John Higgs places the bewildering eccentricities of a most singular artist into fascinating context. And although the journey begins with us trying to understand him, we will ultimately discover that it is Blake who helps us to understand ourselves." --Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The End Of A Golden String

2. Twofold Always

3. I Come To Self Annihilation

4. Without Contraries Is No Progression

5. The Tygers Of Wrath

6. Conversed Not With Devils

7. Once, Only Imagin'd

8. Seek Love There

9. Their Forms Eternal Exist

10. Appeard As One Man

11. Green & Pleasant Land

12. When I Speak I Offend

13. My Wrath Did Grow

14. Altogether Hidden From The Corporeal Understanding

15. In Love With The Productions Of Time

16. The Work Of The Devil

17. Very Weak & An Old Man Feeble & Tottering

18. As A Man Is, So He Sees.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-372) and index (pages 379-390).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

1639361537

9781639361533

OCLC:

1281586462