Eternity's Sunrise : The Imaginative World of William Blake / Leo Damrosch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Damrosch, Leopold, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blake, William, 1757-1827.

Blake, William.

Poets, English--18th century--Biography.

Poets, English.

Poets, English--19th century--Biography.

Artists--England--Biography.

Artists.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this richly illustrated portrait, a prize-winning biographer surveys the entire sweep of William Blake's creative work while telling the story of his life William Blake, overlooked in his time, remains an enigmatic figure to contemporary readers despite his near canonical status. Out of a wounding sense of alienation and dividedness he created a profoundly original symbolic language, in which words and images unite in a unique interpretation of self and society. He was a counterculture prophet whose art still challenges us to think afresh about almost every aspect of experience-social, political, philosophical, religious, erotic, and aesthetic. He believed that we live in the midst of Eternity here and now, and that if we could open our consciousness to the fullness of being, it would be like experiencing a sunrise that never ends. Following Blake's life from beginning to end, acclaimed biographer Leo Damrosch draws extensively on Blake's poems, his paintings, and his etchings and engravings to offer this generously illustrated account of Blake the man and his vision of our world. The author's goal is to inspire the reader with the passion he has for his subject, achieving the imaginative response that Blake himself sought to excite. The book is an invitation to understanding and enjoyment, an invitation to appreciate Blake's imaginative world and, in so doing, to open the doors of our perception.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Working Artist

2. How Should We Understand Blake's Symbols?

3. Innocence

4. Experience

5. Revolution

6. Atoms and Visionary Insight

7. "The Gate Is Open"

8. Understanding Blake's Myth

9. The Zoas and Ourselves

10. The Prophetic Call

11. Breakthrough to Apocalypse

12. "The Torments of Love and Jealousy"

13. The Female Will

14. Wrestling with God

15. The Traveler in the Evening

Chronology

List of Short Titles

Notes

Illustration Credits

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-21629-7

OCLC:

922700177