William Blake and the impossible history of the 1790s /:

Modern scholars often find it difficult to account for the profound eccentricities in the work of William Blake, dismissing them as either ahistorical or simply meaningless. But with this pioneering study, Saree Makdisi develops a reliable and comprehensive framework for understanding these peculiar...

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1. Verfasser: Makdisi, Saree
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2003.
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Zusammenfassung:Modern scholars often find it difficult to account for the profound eccentricities in the work of William Blake, dismissing them as either ahistorical or simply meaningless. But with this pioneering study, Saree Makdisi develops a reliable and comprehensive framework for understanding these peculiarities. According to Makdisi, Blake's poetry and drawings should compel us to reconsider the history of the 1790s. Tracing for the first time the many links among economics, politics, and religion in his work, Makdisi shows how Blake questioned and even subverted the commercial, consumerist, and poli.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xviii, 394 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-384) and index.
ISBN:9780226502618
0226502619
9780226502595
0226502597
9780226502601
0226502600
1281125873
9781281125873
9786611125875
6611125876

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