Blake and Antiquity

ISBN-13: 9780415285810 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 192 str.

Kathleen Raine

Opis

Well into the twentieth century the idea that madness was the only explanation for the remarkable spiritual world Blake captured in his books. This classic work was the first to restore his work to the esoteric tradition.

Blake was a visionary like no other. To some, like William Wordsworth, the only explanation for the remarkable spiritual world Blake witnessed and brought to life in his books was 'insane genius'. Although such a view persisted well into the twentieth century, this is the pivotal work which challenged that perspective and changed forever our understanding of William Blake's genius, placing him in the esoteric tradition. For many this book will be a revelation; for lovers of Blake it is indispensable.

Recenzje

'For Kathleen Raine, Blake was an eighteenth century herald of a change in thinking that only now is coming to fruition Blake and Antiquity is the work of a scholar who serves the lovers of literature.' - Manas Magazine

Spis treści

Introduction, Introduction to the First Edition, The Cave of the Nymphs, The Myth of Psyche, The Myth of the Kore or Persephone, The Myth of the Great Year, The Nether-World of Alchemy. Prophet against Science

O autorze

Kathleen Raine (1908-). One of the outstanding poets of our time, and an internationally respected scholar of the works of William Blake and W.B. Yeats.