| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 235 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction / J. Mee and S. Haggarty -- Blake and the Ontology of Empire / S. Makdisi -- 'A wise tale of the Mahometans': Blake and Islam, 1819-26 / A. Whitehead -- Blake, the Female Prophet, and the American Agent: The Evidence of the 1789 Swedenborg Conference Attendance List / D. Worrall -- Impurity of Diction: The Harlots Curse and Dirty Words / S. Matthews -- 'She cuts his heart out at his side': Blake, Christianity, and Political Virtue / D. Fallon -- From Donation to Demand? Almsgiving and the 'Annotations to Thornton' / S. Haggarty -- 'A Little Less Conversation, A Little More Action': Mutuality, Converse, and Mental Fight / J. Mee -- Shadows in the Cave: Refocusing Vision in Blake's Creation Myth / S. Erle -- A Minute Skirmish: Blake, Hayley, and the Art of Miniature Painting / M. Crosby -- Blake and the Literary Galleries / L. Cal̈ -- Blake's Poems on Art and Artists / M.D. Paley |
| Summary |
'Without contraries is no progression', wrote Blake in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. Although he is often regarded as an otherworldly mystic, Blake was profoundly interested in the philosophical and political issues of his time. Accused by his contemporaries of an 'unbending deportment', he often acted on his sense of 'Opposition' as 'true Friendship'. Conflict was integral to Blake's artistic vision, and his style, but it had more to do with critical engagement than any urge to victory. The essays in this volume conflict as it marked Blake's thinking on politics, religion and the visual arts across the span of his career |
| Notes |
"The present volume grew out of a two-day 'Blake and Conflict' conference held at University College, Oxford, in September 2006"--Preface |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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EBL |
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Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Political and social views
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Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Religion
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| SUBJECT |
Blake, William, 1757-1827 fast |
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Literature and society -- England -- History -- 18th century
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Literature and society -- England -- History -- 19th century
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Art and literature -- England -- History -- 18th century
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Art and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century
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Social problems in literature.
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Politics in literature.
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Theology in literature.
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Art and literature
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Literature and society
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Political and social views
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Politics in literature
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Religion
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Social problems in literature
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Theology in literature
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England
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Haggarty, Sarah.
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Mee, Jon.
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| LC no. |
2008029928 |
| ISBN |
9780230584280 |
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0230584284 |
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