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Author:

Beer, John B.

Title:

William Blake : a literary life / John Beer.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

xi, 250 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Blake, William,--1757-1827.
Poets, English--18th century--Biography.
Poets, English--19th century--Biography.
Artists--Great Britain--Biography.
Blake, William,--1757-1827.
Poètes anglais--18e siècle--Biographies.
Poètes anglais--19e siècle--Biographies.
Artistes--Grande-Bretagne--Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-236) and index.

Contents:

Rescuing the human spirit -- Traces of tradition? -- Through satire to innocence -- Love, marriage and sexual lore -- Finding a voice for experience -- The challenge of energy -- Thinking allegorically, imaging symbolically -- 'Vala' and the fate of narrative epic -- 'A slumber on the banks of the ocean' -- Fragmentary modes of epic -- Years of resentment, hints of paradox -- A persisting visionary -- Prophetic afterlife.

Series:

Literary lives

ISBN:

9781403939548
1403939543

LCCN:

2005043355

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)