Author: N. Rawlinson Publisher: Springer ISBN: 0230287239 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 292
Book Description
Blake's comic brilliance has been variously dismissed as the nervous ramblings of a neglected genius, the tomfool doodles of a distracted youngster, or a crude tool for destabilizing textual authority. But, for the eighteenth century, comedy played a pivotal role in debates on aesthetics, education, spirituality and morality. This exciting new study blends a close reading of Blake's early work with fascinating historical research to demonstrate that the comic was an essential component of Blake's artistic Vision.
Author: N. Rawlinson Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan ISBN: 9780312220648 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 292
Book Description
Blake's comic brilliance has been variously dismissed as the nervous ramblings of a neglected genius, the tomfool doodles of a distracted youngster, or a crude tool for destabilizing textual authority. But, for the eighteenth century, comedy played a pivotal role in debates on aesthetics, education, spirituality and morality. This exciting new study blends a close reading of Blake's early work with fascinating historical research to demonstrate that the comic was an essential component of Blake's artistic Vision.
Author: Kathryn S. Freeman Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317188071 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 248
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It is not surprising that visitors to Blake’s cosmology – the most elaborate in the history of British text and design – often demand a map in the form of a reference book. The entries in this volume benefit from the wide range of historical information made available in recent decades regarding the relationship between Blake’s text and design and his biographical, political, social, and religious contexts. Of particular importance, the entries take account of the re-interpretations of Blake with respect to race, gender, and empire in scholarship influenced by the groundbreaking theories that have arisen since the first half of the twentieth century. The intricate fluidity of Blake’s anti-Newtonian universe eludes the fixity of definitions and schema. Central to this guide to Blake's work and ideas is Kathryn S. Freeman's acknowledgment of the paradox of providing orientation in Blake’s universe without disrupting its inherent disorientation of the traditions whereby readers still come to it. In this innovative work, Freeman aligns herself with Blake’s demand that we play an active role in challenging our own readerly habits of passivity as we experience his created and corporeal worlds.
Author: William Blake Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 048613377X Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 112
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Commissioned in 1824 — just three years before his death — Blake's sublime watercolors are peerless interpretations of Dante's vision of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven and range from finished pieces to rough sketches.
Author: Steve Clark Publisher: Springer ISBN: 0230366686 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 309
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Blake said of his works, 'Tho' I call them Mine I know they are not Mine'. So who owns Blake? Blake has always been more than words on a page. This volume takes Blake 2.0 as an interactive concept, examining digital dissemination of his works and reinvention by artists, writers, musicians, and filmmakers across a variety of twentieth-century media.
Author: Kathleen Raine Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 228
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This is a classic study of William Blake, a man for whom the arts were not an end in themselves, but expressed his vision of the spiritual drama of the English national being. This volume presents a comprehensive view of Blake's artistic achievements and a compelling and moving portrait of the life and thought of an extraordinary genius.
Author: N. Rawlinson
Author: N. Rawlinson
Author: Kathryn S. Freeman
Author: Michael Ferber
Author: William Blake
Author: Winnifred Dumbaugh
Author: William Blake
Author: Martin Butlin
Author: Steve Clark
Author: Kathleen Raine