Blake in the Nineties [Hardcover]

The 1990s have witnessed a major reassessment of Blake initiated by a new and more rigorous comprehension of his modes of production, which in turn has led to re-evaluation of other literary and cultural contexts for his work. Blake in the Nineties grapples with the implications of the new bibliography for Blake studies, in its editorial, interpretative, and historical dimensions. As well as providing an international overview of recent Blake criticism, the collection contributes to current debates in a variety of disciplines dealing with the Romantic period, including art history, counter-Enlightenment-scholarship, theology and hermeneutic theory.Preface Notes on Contributors List of Figures Introduction; S.Clark & D.Worrall Blake and the Production of Meaning; R.N.Essick In the Caves of Heaven and Hell: Swedenborg and Printmaking in Blake's Marriage ; J.Viscomi Spectral Imposition and Visionary Imposition: Printing and Repetition in Blake; E.Larrissy 'Something in My Eye'. Irritants in Blake's Illuminated Texts; S.C.Behrendt What has Songs to do with Hymns; N.Hilton Calling into Existence: The Book of Urizen ; A.Esterhammer 'Labouring at the Resolute Anvil' . Blake's Response to Locke; S.Clark 'Blake and the Two Swords'; M.Ferber Blake and the Grand Masters (1791-94): Architects of Repression or Revolution?; M.K.Schuchard Blake and 1790s Plebeian Radical Culture; D.Worrall Mrs. Bliss: a Blake Collector of 1794; K.Davies Blake Bibliography IndexSTEPHEN BEHRENDT George Holmes Distinguished Professor of English, University of Nebraska-LincolnKERI DAVIES Doctoral student, St. Mary's University CollegeROBERT N. ESSICK Professor of English, University of California, RiversideANGELA ESTERHAMMER Teacher, University of Western OntarioMICHAEL FERBER Teacher, University of New HampshireNELSON HILTON Professor of English, University of Athens, GeorgiaEDWARD LARRISSY Professor of English, University of KeeleMARSHA KEITH SCHUCHARD Independent scholar, Atlanta, GeorgiaJOSEPHl3S