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1 online resource (x, 251 pages) : illustrations |
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A Note on Texts -- Introduction: Blake the Bricoleur -- 1. 'Every Honest Man is a Prophet': Popular Enthusiasm and Radical Millenarianism -- 2. 'Northern Antiquities': Bards, Druids, and Ancient Liberties -- 3. 'Forms of Dark Delusion': Mythography and Politics -- 4. Blake, the Bible, and its Critics in the 1790s -- Conclusion: A Radical Without an Audience? |
| Summary |
Dangerous Enthusiasm considers Blake's prophetic books written during the 1790s in the light of the French Revolution controversy raging at the time; his works are shown to be less the expressions of isolated genius than the products of a complex response to the cultural politics of his contemporaries. William Blake's work presents a stern challenge to historical criticism. Jon Mee's new study meets the challenge by investigating contexts outside the domains of standard literary histories. He traces the distinctive rhetoric of the illuminated books to the French Revolution controversy of the 1790s and Blake's fusion of the diverse currents of radicalism abroad in that decade. The study is supported by a wealth of original research which will be of interest to historians and literary critics alike. Blake emerges from these pages as a 'bricoleur' who fused the language of London's popular dissenting culture with the more sceptical radicalism of the Enlightenment. Dangerous Enthusiasm presents a more comprehensively politicized picture of Blake than any previous study |
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English poetry |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-245) and index |
| Notes |
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Print version record |
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Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Political and social views
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Blake, William, 1757-1827. fast (OCoLC)fst00029047 |
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Blake, William, (1757-1827) -- Pensée politique et sociale. ram |
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Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
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Revolutionary literature, English -- History and criticism
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Radicalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
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Enthusiasm in literature.
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Radicalism in literature.
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Prophecies in literature.
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Enthusiasm in literature.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Political and social views.
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Politics and literature.
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Prophecies in literature.
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Public opinion, British.
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Radicalism.
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Radicalism in literature.
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Revolutionary literature, English.
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Radicalisme.
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Letterkunde.
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Littérature révolutionnaire anglaise -- Histoire et critique.
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Radicalisme -- Grande-Bretagne -- 18e siècle.
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Politique et littérature -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire universelle -- 18e siècle.
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France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Foreign public opinion, British
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France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Influence.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051332
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France.
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Great Britain.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191674013 |
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019167401X |
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9780198183297 |
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0198183291 |
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