03741nam 2200769 a 450 991077750010332120230207224532.01-281-12587-397866111258750-226-50261-910.7208/9780226502618(CKB)1000000000412102(EBL)408631(OCoLC)476229982(SSID)ssj0000272076(PQKBManifestationID)11210280(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000272076(PQKBWorkID)10305324(PQKB)11091137(StDuBDS)EDZ0000116223(MiAaPQ)EBC408631(DE-B1597)523201(OCoLC)781255468(DE-B1597)9780226502618(Au-PeEL)EBL408631(CaPaEBR)ebr10210021(CaONFJC)MIL112587(EXLCZ)99100000000041210220020222d2003 uy 0engur||#||||||||txtccrWilliam Blake and the impossible history of the 1790s[electronic resource] /Saree MakdisiChicago University of Chicago Pressc20031 online resource (421 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-50260-0 0-226-50259-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-384) and index.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.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 1790's. 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 political liberties that his contemporaries championed, all while developing his own radical aesthetic.Politics and literatureGreat BritainHistory18th centuryPolitical poetry, EnglishHistory and criticismAntinomianism in literatureImperialism in literatureEconomics in literatureSlavery in literatureLiberty in literatureliterature, liberty, slavery, freedom, politics, history, canon, poetry, romanticism, economics, imperialism, empire, antinomianism, aesthetics, drawings, illustrations, social change, activism, child labor, capitalism, protest, nonfiction, factory, industrialization, poverty, pollution, commodity, life, truth, sublime, class, religion, charity, morality.Politics and literatureHistoryPolitical poetry, EnglishHistory and criticism.Antinomianism in literature.Imperialism in literature.Economics in literature.Slavery in literature.Liberty in literature.821/.7Makdisi Saree481696MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777500103321William Blake and the impossible history of the 1790s3765553UNINA