William Blake and the Visionary Law: Prophecy, Legislation and Constitution
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN13:
9783031377228
$128.71
This book examines the difficult relationship between individual intellectual freedom and the legal structures which govern human societies in William Blakes works, showing that this tension carries a political urgency that has not yet been recognised by scholars in the field. In doing so, it offers a new approach to Blakes corpus that builds on the literary and cultural historical work of recent decades. Blakes pronouncements about law may often sound biblical in tone; but this book argues that they directly address (and are informed by) eighteenth-century legal debates concerning the origin of the English common law, the autonomy of the judicature, the increasing legislative role of Parliament, and the emergence of the notions of constitutionalism and natural rights. Through a study of his illuminated books, manuscript works, notebook drafts and annotations, this study considers Blakes understanding that law is both integral to humanity itself and a core component of its potential fulfilment of the Human Form Divine.
- | Author: Matthew Mauger
- | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- | Publication Date: Sep 14, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 244 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 3031377222
- | ISBN-13: 9783031377228
- Author:
- Matthew Mauger
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- Sep 14, 2023
- Number of pages:
- 244 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 3031377222
- ISBN-13:
- 9783031377228