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SPIRITUAL HISTORY C
By Lincoln
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Description
Spiritual History presents a much-needed introduction to the poem, although it will also be of great interest to those already familiar with it. This is the first full-length study to examine in detail Blake's numerous manuscript revisions of the poem. It offers a staged reading, one that moves, as Blake himself moved, from simpler to more complex forms of writing. Andrew Lincoln reads the poem in the light of two competing views of history: the biblical, which places history withinthe framework of Fall and Judgement, and that of the Enlightenment, which sees history as progress from primitive life to civil order. In so doing, he offers an account of the narrative that is more coherent - and accessible - than much previous criticism of the work, and Blake's much misunderstood poememerges as the most extraordinary product of the eighteenth-century tradition of philosophical history.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
342
Release Date:
1996-02-15
Publication Date:
2009-04-08
Publisher:
Oxford University Press (UK)
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0198183143
ISBN13:
9780198183143
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Weight:
647 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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