Blake and Modern Literature

by E. Larrissy

Overview

William Blake is one of the most important influences on twentieth-century literature. This study will ask why he is a figure central to the Modernist re-definition of past art. He also appears to be an acceptable sage for postmodernists, he can be associated with an opposition to authority without imposing one version of his own mythology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403941763
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	08/25/2006
Edition description:	2006
Pages:	188
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

EDWARD LARRISSY is Professor of English Literature at the University of Leeds, UK. He read English at Oxford, and has taught at the universities of Warwick and Keele. He has published books on Blake, on Modern and Contemporary Poetry and on Yeats.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction: Blake, Between Romanticism, Modernism and Postmodernism Zoas and Moods: Myth and Aspects of the Mind in Blake and Yeats Eliot between Blake and Yeats Blake and Oppositional Identity in Yeats, Auden and Dylan Thomas Blake and Joyce Deposits and Rehearsals: Repetition and Redemption in The Anathémata of David Jones: A Comparison and Contrast with Blake Blake, Postmodernity and Postmodernism Joyce Carey: Getting It From the Horse's Mouth Two American Disciples of Blake: Robert Duncan and Allen Ginsberg Postmodern Myths and Lies: Iain Sinclair and Angela Carter Salman Rushdie, Myth and Postcolonial Romanticism Notes Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

'this first full-length study of Blake's influence on twentieth-century literature is fascinating in it's range of reference.' - The Use of English

'...the most consistent and comprehensive text yet on Blake's literary influence.' - Jason Whittaker, Review of English Studies

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