A Guide to the Books of William Blake for Innocent and Experienced Readers: With Notes on Interpretive Criticism 1910-1984C. Smythe, 1998 - 874 Seiten The writings of William Blake were not understood by his contemporaries or the Victorians, and it was only in 1910, with the publication of Joseph Wicksteed's Blake's Vision of the Book of Job, that the long process of comprehending Blake's works seriously began. Part 1 of the present work consists of twelve chapters that are primarily intended to lead the reader who has little or no acquaintance with Blake's more difficult works through all his books. These consist of Poetical Sketches, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, three early prose tractates, the eleven shorter prophetic books (including The Marriage of Heaven and Hell), the lyrics of the Pickering Manuscript, The Four Zoas, Milton, Jerusalem, The Gates of Paradise, The Ghost of Abel and Illustrations of The Book of Job. The reader who wishes to explore a work more fully can proceed to Part II, where a headnote outlines the main scholarly views of its structure and meaning. There are two indexes providing ready access to explanations of terms and proper names. |
Inhalt
Preface | 11 |
Biographical Outline | 27 |
The French Revolution | 61 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Adams Ahania allusion angels Beer Beulah Bindman Bloom body Book of Job Book of Urizen Bromion Christ Cited creation Damon Damrosch Daughters of Albion Divine Doskow Druid earth Emanation energy Enion Enitharmon epic Erdman Eternity Fall fallen world Four Zoas Frye Fuzon Gillham Gleckner Golgonooza Hagstrum Howard human IB pl identifies imagination Innocence Jerusalem Jesus Job's Keynes Lindberg Los's Luvah Margoliouth 1956 Marriage of Heaven Mellor Milton Miner Mitchell mortal nature Night Nurmi Ololon Oothoon Orc's Ostriker Palamabron Paley Paradise perception Percival plate poem poet prophetic Rahab Raine redemption religion represents Revolution Rintrah Rose Satan selfhood senses serpent sexual Shadow Sloss and Wallis Song soul Spectre spirit Stevenson 1971 symbol symbolises Tannenbaum 1982 Tharmas Thel Theotormon Tirzah Tolley Tree Tree of Mystery Ulro Urthona Vala VIIb VIII vision Wagenknecht 1973 Wicksteed 1954 Wilkie and Johnson William Blake