03507nam 2200829 a 450 991096367810332120200520144314.09786611125875978128112587312811258739780226502618022650261910.7208/9780226502618(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(Perlego)1853600(EXLCZ)99100000000041210220020222d2003 uy 0engur||#||||||||txtccrWilliam Blake and the impossible history of the 1790s /Saree Makdisi1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Pressc20031 online resource (421 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780226502601 0226502600 9780226502595 0226502597 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 literaturePolitics and literatureHistoryPolitical poetry, EnglishHistory and criticism.Antinomianism in literature.Imperialism in literature.Economics in literature.Slavery in literature.Liberty in literature.821/.7Makdisi Saree481696MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910963678103321William Blake and the impossible history of the 1790s4352310UNINA