Blake, Nation and Empire

ISBN-10: 0230597068
ISBN-13: 9780230597068
Category: Literary Criticism
Pages: 263
Language: English
Published: 2006-09-24
Publisher: Springer
Authors: D. Worrall, S. Clark

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This book examines Blake's work in the context of discourses of nation and empire, of the construction of a public sphere, and restores the longevity to his artistic career by placing emphasis on his work in the 1820s. Relevant contexts include technology, sentimentalism, Ireland and Catholic Emancipation, missionary prospectuses and body politics.

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