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William Blake vs. the World by John Higgs (2022, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPegasus Books
ISBN-101639361537
ISBN-139781639361533
eBay Product ID (ePID)8057260010
Product Key Features
Book TitleWilliam Blake Vs. the World
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicHistory / Romanticism, Artists, Architects, Photographers, Historical
Publication Year2022
IllustratorYes
GenreArt, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorJohn Higgs
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight19.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2023-281110
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal821.7
SynopsisA wild and unexpected journey through culture, science, philosophy, and religion to better understand the mercurial genius of William Blake. Poet, artist, and visionary, William Blake is an archetypal misunderstood genius. His life passed without recognition and he worked without reward, often mocked, dismissed and misinterpreted. Yet from his ignoble end in a pauper's grave, Blake now occupies a unique position as an artist who unites and attracts people from all corners of society--a rare inclusive symbol of human identity. Blake famously experienced visions, and it is these that shaped his attitude toward politics, sex, religion, society, and art. Thanks to the work of neuroscientists and psychologists, we are now in a better position to understand what was happening inside that remarkable mind and gain a deeper appreciation of his brilliance. His timeless work, we will find, has never been more relevant. In William Blake vs the World we return to a world of riots, revolutions, and radicals; discuss movements from the Levellers of the sixteenth century to the psychedelic counterculture of the 1960s; and explore the latest discoveries in neurobiology, quantum physics, and comparative religion. Taking the reader on a wild adventure into unfamiliar territory, John Higgs places the bewildering eccentricities of a most singular artist into fascinating context. And although the journey begins with us trying to understand him, we will ultimately discover that it is Blake who helps us to understand ourselves.
LC Classification NumberPR4146.H45 2022
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