Blake's critique of transcendence : love, jealousy, and the sublime in The four Zoas
Otto, PeterAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2000.
Examining in detail the relation between Blake's text and the visual designs in The Four Zoas, Peter Otto uncovers a Blake deeply engaged with the cultural discourses of his time.
Specialized.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Examining in detail the relation between Blake's text and the visual designs in The Four Zoas, Peter Otto uncovers a Blake deeply engaged with the cultural discourses of his time.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Specialized.
Machine generated contents note: PART I. THE RHETORIC OF TRANSCENDENCE -- 1. Blake, Blake Criticism, and the Sublime -- 2. Rational Heavens and Carnal Hells -- PART II. FALLING INTO A WORLD OF LOS(S) -- 3. The Birth of Los(s) from Tharmas -- 4. Urizen's World of Los(s) -- 5. A Cacophony of Voices -- 6. Building a Swedenborgian Heaven -- PART III. BUILDING THE FALLEN WORLD -- 7. The Elaboration of Los(s) -- PART IV. REASON'S STRUGGLE AGAINST THE FLESH -- 8. Urizen Explores his Dens -- 9. Flesh and Spirit -- 10. A Sensitive Body -- PART V. THE END AND BEGINNING OF HISTORY -- 11. Death of the Body/Liberation of the Spirit -- 12. The LastJudgement -- Bibliography -- Index.
Blake, William, 1757-1827.
Transcendence (Philosophy) in literature
Sublime, The, in literature
Jealousy in literature
Love in literature
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