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1 online resource (xviii, 394 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-384) and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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 1790s. 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 poli. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Political and social views.
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Blake, William, 1757-1827. |
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Political and social views. |
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Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Religion.
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Religion. |
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Blake, William, 1757-1827. |
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Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Pensée politique et sociale. |
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Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Religion. |
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Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Politics and literature. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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Political poetry, English -- History and criticism.
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Political poetry, English. |
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Antinomianism in literature.
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Antinomianism in literature. |
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Imperialism in literature.
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Imperialism in literature. |
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Economics in literature.
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Economics in literature. |
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Slavery in literature.
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Slavery in literature. |
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Liberty in literature.
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Liberty in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1700 - 1799 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Makdisi, Saree. William Blake and the impossible history of the 1790s. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2003 0226502597 9780226502595 (DLC) 2002002545 (OCoLC)49225266 |
| ISBN |
9780226502618 (electronic book) |
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0226502619 (electronic book) |
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9780226502595 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0226502597 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780226502601 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0226502600 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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