Blake in the Nineties

by Steve Clark (Editor), David Worrall (Editor)

Overview

The 1990s have witnessed a major reassessment of Blake initiated by a new and more rigorous comprehension of his modes of production, which in turn has led to re-evaluation of other literary and cultural contexts for his work. Blake in the Nineties grapples with the implications of the new bibliography for Blake studies, in its editorial, interpretative, and historical dimensions. As well as providing an international overview of recent Blake criticism, the collection contributes to current debates in a variety of disciplines dealing with the Romantic period, including art history, counter-Enlightenment-scholarship, theology and hermeneutic theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333681602
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	07/05/1999
Edition description:	1999
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

STEPHEN BEHRENDT George Holmes Distinguished Professor of English, University of Nebraska-Lincoln KERI DAVIES Doctoral student, St. Mary's University College ROBERT N. ESSICK Professor of English, University of California, Riverside ANGELA ESTERHAMMER Teacher, University of Western Ontario MICHAEL FERBER Teacher, University of New Hampshire NELSON HILTON Professor of English, University of Athens, Georgia EDWARD LARRISSY Professor of English, University of Keele MARSHA KEITH SCHUCHARD Independent scholar, Atlanta, Georgia JOSEPH VISCOMI Teacher, University of North Carolina

Table of Contents

Preface Notes on Contributors List of Figures Introduction; S.Clark & D.Worrall Blake and the Production of Meaning; R.N.Essick In the Caves of Heaven and Hell: Swedenborg and Printmaking in Blake's Marriage ; J.Viscomi Spectral Imposition and Visionary Imposition: Printing and Repetition in Blake; E.Larrissy 'Something in My Eye'. Irritants in Blake's Illuminated Texts; S.C.Behrendt What has Songs to do with Hymns; N.Hilton Calling into Existence: The Book of Urizen ; A.Esterhammer 'Labouring at the Resolute Anvil' . Blake's Response to Locke; S.Clark 'Blake and the Two Swords'; M.Ferber Blake and the Grand Masters (1791-94): Architects of Repression or Revolution?; M.K.Schuchard Blake and 1790s Plebeian Radical Culture; D.Worrall Mrs. Bliss: a Blake Collector of 1794; K.Davies Blake Bibliography Index