William Blake and the impossible history of the 1790s / / Saree Makdisi

• Autore: Makdisi Saree
• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (421 p.)
• Disciplina: 821/.7
• Soggetto topico: Politics and literature - Great Britain - History - 18th century; Political poetry, English - History and criticism; Antinomianism in literature; Imperialism in literature; Economics in literature; Slavery in literature; Liberty in literature
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-384) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: William Blake and the impossible history of the 1790s
• ISBN: 9786611125875; 9781281125873; 1281125873; 9780226502618; 0226502619
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910963678103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II