TY  - BOOK
AU  - Makdisi,Saree
TI  - William Blake and the impossible history of the 1790s
SN  - 9780226502618 (electronic bk.)
AV  - PR4148.P6 M35 2003eb
U1  - 821/.7 22
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Blake, William,
KW  - Politics and literature
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Political poetry, English
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Antinomianism in literature
KW  - Imperialism in literature
KW  - Economics in literature
KW  - Slavery in literature
KW  - Liberty in literature
KW  - Politique et littérature
KW  - Grande-Bretagne
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 18e siècle
KW  - Poésie politique anglaise
KW  - Histoire et critique
KW  - Antinomisme dans la littérature
KW  - Impérialisme dans la littérature
KW  - Économie politique dans la littérature
KW  - Esclavage dans la littérature
KW  - Liberté dans la littérature
KW  - POETRY
KW  - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Letterkunde
KW  - gtt
KW  - Politiek
KW  - ლიტერატურა--
KW  - პოლიტიკა და ლიტერატურა--
KW  - ინგლისური პოეზია
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-384) and index; Fierce rushing : William Blake and the cultural politics of liberty in the 1790s -- Laboring at the mill with slaves -- Weary of time : image and commodity in blake -- Blake and romantic imperialism -- Impossible history and the politics of life -- Conclusion : striving
N2  - 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
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