William Blake and the impossible history of the 1790s [electronic resource] / Saree Makdisi.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2003.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 394 p.) : illISBN:- 9780226502618 (electronic bk.)
- 0226502619 (electronic bk.)
- Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Political and social views
- Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Religion
- Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Pensée politique et sociale
- Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Religion
- Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Political poetry, English -- History and criticism
- Antinomianism in literature
- Imperialism in literature
- Economics in literature
- Slavery in literature
- Liberty in literature
- Politique et littérature -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- Poésie politique anglaise -- Histoire et critique
- Antinomisme dans la littérature
- Impérialisme dans la littérature
- Économie politique dans la littérature
- Esclavage dans la littérature
- Liberté dans la littérature
- POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Letterkunde
- Politiek
- ლიტერატურა-- პოლიტიკა და ლიტერატურა-- ინგლისური პოეზია
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- PR4148.P6 M35 2003eb
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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.
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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