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William Blake (1757-1827) is one of the most original and influential figures of the Romantic Age, known for his work as an artist, poet and printmaker. Grounding his ideas both in close reading and in the latest scholarship, Saree Makdisi offers an exciting and imaginative approach to reading Blake. By exploring some of the most important themes in Blake's work and connecting them to particular plates from Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Makdisi highlights Blake's creative power and the important interplay between images and words. There is a consistent emphasis on the relationship between the material nature of Blake's illuminated books, including the method he used to produce them, and the interpretive readings of the texts themselves. Makdisi argues that the material and formal openness of Blake's work can be seen as the very basis for learning to read in the spirit of Blake.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139780521128414
eBay Product ID (ePID)209486754
Product Key Features
Book TitleReading William Blake
Book SeriesReading Writers and Their Work
Publication Year2015
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
AuthorSaree Makdisi
TopicLiterature
Number of Pages150 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height226 mm
Item Weight260 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorSaree Makdisi