Blake, Nation and Empire

ISBN-13: 9780333993149 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 263 str.

Steve Clark; David Worrall

Opis

This book examines Blake's work in the context of discourses of nation and empire, of the construction of a public sphere, and restores the longevity to his artistic career by placing emphasis on his work in the 1820s. Relevant contexts include technology, sentimentalism, Ireland and Catholic Emancipation, missionary prospectuses and body politics.

Recenzje

'Worrall and Clark's previous collections played a key role in the historicist revolution in Blake studies, and the current book is no exception. The focus on nationalism and imperialism sketches in an under-represented portion of the historical picture for Blake. The list of contributors is exceptionally strong, with an even greater variety of approaches than in the earlier volumes.' - Nicholas M. Williams, Indiana University, USA

Spis treści

List of Illustrations Preface Notes on the Contributors Abbreviations Introduction; S.Clark & D.Worrall Immortal Joy: William Blake and the Cultural Politics of Empire; S.Makdisi Thel in Africa; D.Worrall Bloody Blake: Nation and Circulation; J.Mee Blake, Hayley and the History of Sexuality; S.Matthews Blake and the Syntax of Sentiment: An essay on 'Blaking' Understanding; J.Chandler National Arts and Disruptive Technologies in Blake's Prospectus of 1793; M.Eaves 'What is Liberty without Universal Toleration': Blake Homosexuality and the Cooperative Commonwealth; C.Z.Hobson Restoring the Nation: Blake and the Aftermyth of Revolution; A.Lincoln Jerusalem as Imperial Prophecy; S.Clark The Matter of Britain: Blake, Milton and the Ancient Britons; J.Whittaker Erin, Ireland, and the Emanation in Blake's Jerusalem ; R.N.Essick Blake After Blake: A Nation Discovers Genius; J.Viscomi Blake Bibliography Index

O autorze

JAMES CHANDLER Barbara E. and Richard J. Franke Professor in English and in Cinema and Media Studies, University of Chicago, USA MORRIS EAVES Professor of English, University of Rochester, USA ROBERT N. ESSICK Professor Emeritus of English, University of California, USA CHRISTOPHER Z. HOBSON Associate Professor of Humanities and Languages, State University of New York, USA ANDREW LINCOLN Senior Lecturer in the School of English and Drama, Queen Mary, University of London, UK SAREE MAKDISI Professor of English Literature, University of California, Los Angeles, USA SUSAN MATTHEWS Senior Lecturer in English, Roehampton University, UK JON MEE Margaret Candfield Fellow in English, University College, Oxford, UK JOSEPH VISCOMI James G. Kenan Distinguished Professor of English Literature, University of North Carolina, USA JASON WHITTAKER Lecturer in English, Nottingham Trent University, UK