Blake, Myth, and Enlightenment: The Politics of Apotheosis

This book provides compelling new readings of William BlakeÆs poetry and art, including the first sustained account of his visionary paintings of Pitt and Nelson. It focuses on the recurrent motif of apotheosis, both as a figure of political authority to be demystified but also as an image of utopian possibility. It reevaluates BlakeÆs relationship to Enlightenment thought, myth, religion, and politics, from The French Revolution to Jerusalem and The Laoco÷n. The book combines careful attention to cultural and historical contexts with close readings of the texts and designs, providing an innovative account of BlakeÆs creative transformations of Enlightenment, classical, and Christian thought.

• | Author: David Fallon
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Jan 18, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 355 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Literary Criticism
• | ISBN-10: 1137390344
• | ISBN-13: 9781137390349