Blake's visionary forms dramatic / edited by David V. Erdman and John E. Grant.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Erdman, David V., editor.

Grant, John E. (John Ernest), editor.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blake, William, 1757-1827--Criticism and interpretation.

Blake, William.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (575 pages, 72 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The twenty contributors to this volume offer a new perspective on the relationship between Blake's poetry and his visionary forms. Their illustrated discussions explore and debate the nature of Blake's mixed art and the energetic interaction of text and design.Originally published in 1971.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

A Note on the First Illustration

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Figures

Key to References

1. Apprenticeship at the Haymarket? / England, Martha W.

2. The French Revolution: Revelation's New Form / Halloran, William F.

3. Blake's Composite Art / Mitchell, W. J. T.

4. Blake and the Sister-Arts Tradition / Hagstrum, Jean Η.

5. America: New Expanses / Erdman, David V.

6. Europe: "to those ychain'd in sleep" / Tolley, Michael J.

7. Urizen: The Symmetry of Fear / Simmons, Robert E.

8. Blake's Use of Gesture / Warner, Janet A.

9. Songs of Innocence and of Experience: The Thrust of Design / Bass, Eben

10. The Presence of Cupid and Psyche / Chayes, Irene H.

11. Blake and Urizen / Sutherland, John

12. Ore as a Fiery Paradigm of Poetic Torsion / Quasha, George

13. Metamorphoses of a Favorite Cat / Tayler, Irene

14. Envisioning the First Night Thoughts / Grant, John E.

15. Text and Design in Illustrations of the Book of Job / Nelms, Ben F.

16. Epic Irony in Milton / Wilkie, Brian

17. The Formal Art of The Four Zoas / McNeil, Helen T.

18. Narrative Structure and the Antithetical Vision of Jerusalem / Lesnick, Henry

19. Blake's Cities: Romantic Forms of Urban Renewal / Johnston, Kenneth R.

20. "Forms Eternal Exist For-ever": The Covenant of the Harvest in Blake's Prophetic Poems / Rose, Edward J.

Index

Plates

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-65442-5

0-691-62072-5

OCLC:

1016599629