Blake, Politics, and History

ISBN-13: 9781138939103 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 466 str.

Opis

First published in 1998, this book formed part of an ongoing effort to restore politics and history to the centre of Blake studies. It adopts a three pronged approach when presenting its essays, seeking to promote a return to the political Blake; to deepen the understanding of some of the conversations articulated in Blake s art by introducing new, historical material or new interpretations of texts; and to highlight differing perspectives on Blake s politics among historically focused critics. The collection contains essays with varying methodological assumptions and differing positions on questions central to historicist Blake scholarship."

Spis treści

Figures;  Acknowledgements;  Introduction Jackie DiSalvo;  Abbreviations and Short Titles  Part I: Blake and the Question of Revolution 1. The Myth of Blake’s "Orc Cycle" Christopher Z. Hobson  2. Blake’s Bible of Hell: Prophecy as Political Program Stephen C. Behrendt  3. The Anxiety of Productio: Blake’s Shift from Collective Hope to Writing Self Eric V. Chandler  4. William Blake’s Figural Politics James E. Swearingen  Blake and the Underground  5. "The Doom of Tyrants": William Blake, Richard "Citizen" Lee, and the Millenarian Public Sphere Jon Mee  6. Blake’s Tiriel and the Regency Crisis: Lifting the Veil on a Royal Masonic Scandal Marsha Keith Schuchard; Laboring into Futurity: A Response Joseph Wittreich  Part II: Art and Politics  7. "Lovers of Wild Rebellion" : The Image of Satan in British Art of the Revolutionary Era John Hutton  8. The Mob and "Mrs Q": William Blake, William Benbow, and the Context of Regency Radicalism David Worrall;  "The French Revolution," "America" and "Europe"  9. Politics and Desire in Blake’s the French Revolution Andrew Lincoln  10. "The Lion & Wolf shall cease": Blake’s America as a Critique of Counter-Revolutionary Violence William Richey  11. The Finite Revolutions of Europe Michael Ferber  12. Re-Framing the Moment of Creation: Blake’s Re-Visions of the Frontispiece and Title Page to Europe Peter Otto  Part III: Blake, Empire and Slavery  13. Empire of the Sea: Blake’s "King Edward the Third" and English Imperial Poetry G. A. Rosso  14. Revolted Negroes and the Devilish Principle: William Blake and Conflicting Visions of Boni’s Wars in Surinam, 1772-1796 Anne Rubenstein and Camilla Townsend  Blake and Women  15. Albion and the Sexual Machine: Blake, Gender and Politics, 1780-1795 Catherine L. McClenahan  16. Transfigured Maternity in Blake’s Songs of Innocence: Inverting the "Maternity Plot" in "A Dream" Harriet Kramer Linkin  17. Maenads, Young Ladies, and the Lovely Daughters of Albion June Sturrock Blake, Gender and Imperial Ideology: A Response Ann K. Mellor;  Works Cited;  Contributors;  Index

O autorze

Jackie Disalvo, G. A. Rosso, Christopher Z. Hobson