William Blake
by
John Lucas
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Longman Critical Readers
ISBN-10
0582237106
ISBN-13
9780582237100
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 15th, 1998
Print length
220 Pages
Weight
288 grams
Dimensions
21.50 x 14.00 x 1.30 cms
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This collection of critical essays on William Blake covers a wide range to include Marxist, new historicist, feminist and psychological approaches. Between them, the essays explore the most significant areas and moments of his career as poet and also print maker, illustrator and visionary artist.
The collection of essays presented in this volume represents some of the best recent critical work on William Blake as poet, prophet, visual artist, and social and political critic of his time.
The critical range that is represented includes examples of Marxist, New Historicist, Feminist and Psychoanalytical approaches to Blake. Taken together, the essays consider all areas and moments of Blake''s career as poet, from the early lyrics to his later epic poems, and they have been chosen to reveal not only the range of Blake''s concerns but also to alert the reader to the rich variety of contemporary criticism that is devoted to him. Although the majority of essays are devoted to Blake as poet, others consider his work as printmaker, illustrator, and visionary artist. However severely individual essays choose to judge him, ultimately all the contributions to this book affirm Blake as one of the great geniuses of English art and letters.
William Blake provides a valuable introduction by one of Britain''s foremost critics and will be welcomed by students wanting to familiarise themselves with the work of Blake.
The critical range that is represented includes examples of Marxist, New Historicist, Feminist and Psychoanalytical approaches to Blake. Taken together, the essays consider all areas and moments of Blake''s career as poet, from the early lyrics to his later epic poems, and they have been chosen to reveal not only the range of Blake''s concerns but also to alert the reader to the rich variety of contemporary criticism that is devoted to him. Although the majority of essays are devoted to Blake as poet, others consider his work as printmaker, illustrator, and visionary artist. However severely individual essays choose to judge him, ultimately all the contributions to this book affirm Blake as one of the great geniuses of English art and letters.
William Blake provides a valuable introduction by one of Britain''s foremost critics and will be welcomed by students wanting to familiarise themselves with the work of Blake.
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