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Brahma in the West : William Blake and the Oriental renaissance /
"Examining William Blake's poetry in relation to the mythographic tradition of the eighteenth century and emphasizing the British discovery of Hindu literature, David Weir argues that Blake's mythic system springs from the same rich historical context that produced the Oriental renais...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Albany, NY :
State University of New York Press,
©2003.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | "Examining William Blake's poetry in relation to the mythographic tradition of the eighteenth century and emphasizing the British discovery of Hindu literature, David Weir argues that Blake's mythic system springs from the same rich historical context that produced the Oriental renaissance. That context includes republican politics and dissenting theology - two interrelated developments that help elucidate many of the obscurities of Blake's poetry and explain much of its intellectual energy. Weir shows how Blake's poetic career underwent a profound development as a result of his exposure to Hindu mythology. By combining mythographic insight with republican politics and Protestant dissent, Blake devised a poetic system that opposed the powers of Church and King."--Jacket |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xiii, 170 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-164) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1417506911 9781417506910 0791458172 9780791458174 |