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Author Wright, Julia M.

Title Blake, nationalism, and the politics of alienation / Julia M. Wright.

Imprint Athens : Ohio University Press, c2004.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  821.7 B581Dwr 2004    ---  Available
Description xxxii, 230 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-223) and index.
Contents Nationality, individuality, and defamiliarization -- The line of progress: Blake's Laocoon and classicist theories of art -- "Whence came they": contesting national narrative -- "How different the world to them": revolutionary heterogeneity and alienation -- "And none shall gather the leaves": unbinding the voice in America and Europe -- "A state about to be created": modeling the nation in Milton -- "Artfully propagated": hybridity, disease, and the transformation of the body politic.
Summary Despite his reputation as a staunch individualist and repeated attacks on institutions that constrain the individual's imagination, Julia Wright argues that William Blake rarely represents isolation positively and explores his concern with the kind of national community being established.
Subject Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Political and social views.
Nationalism and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Nationalism and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Political poetry, English -- History and criticism.
Alienation (Social psychology) in literature.
Nationalism in literature.
ISBN 0821415190 (alk. paper)
9780821415191 (alk. paper)

 
    
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