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William Blake and the impossible history of the 1790s /
Modern scholars often find it difficult to account for the profound eccentricities in the work of William Blake, dismissing them as either ahistorical or simply meaningless. But with this pioneering study, Saree Makdisi develops a reliable and comprehensive framework for understanding these peculiar...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
©2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Modern scholars often find it difficult to account for the profound eccentricities in the work of William Blake, dismissing them as either ahistorical or simply meaningless. But with this pioneering study, Saree Makdisi develops a reliable and comprehensive framework for understanding these peculiarities. According to Makdisi, Blake's poetry and drawings should compel us to reconsider the history of the 1790s. Tracing for the first time the many links among economics, politics, and religion in his work, Makdisi shows how Blake questioned and even subverted the commercial, consumerist, and poli. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 394 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-384) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226502618 0226502619 9780226502595 0226502597 9780226502601 0226502600 1281125873 9781281125873 9786611125875 6611125876 |