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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Makdisi, Saree
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2003.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Fierce rushing : William Blake and the cultural politics of liberty in the 1790s
  • Laboring at the mill with slaves
  • Weary of time : image and commodity in blake
  • Blake and romantic imperialism
  • Impossible history and the politics of life
  • Conclusion : striving.