William Blake and GenderMcFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2006 - 210 pagina's The closing years of the eighteenth century were the particular domain of literary radicals whose work challenged ideas on gender and sexuality. During this transitional period, the poetry of William Blake reflected the changing mores of society as well as his own developing notions of gender. This work presents an in-depth exploration of gender issues in Blake's three epic poems, The Four Zoas, Milton and Jerusalem. The opening chapter discusses basic concepts such as notions of apocalypse, utopia and gender, all essential to the author's reading of Blake. Background regarding the literary atmosphere of the time, which included influence from the tradition of dissent, English Jacobinism and early feminism, is also included, effectively setting the context for Blake's work. The book then examines the poems in chronological order. It concentrates particularly on male and female activity within each work (refuting the common assumption that Blake was anti-feminist) while exploring the symbolism of the poetry. Blake's repeated theme of the struggle between the sexes receives special emphasis, as does the progress of his gender vision through the three poems. |
Vanuit het boek
Resultaten 1-3 van 55
Pagina 69
... negative strate- gies . VALA : ABSENT ACTIVE CHARACTER As the pronunciation of the name indicates , Vala is associated with the word " veil . " In The Four Zoas Vala may be perceived as essentially a negative character , which is ...
... negative strate- gies . VALA : ABSENT ACTIVE CHARACTER As the pronunciation of the name indicates , Vala is associated with the word " veil . " In The Four Zoas Vala may be perceived as essentially a negative character , which is ...
Pagina 163
... NEGATIVE CHARACTER After her absence in Milton , Vala substantially reappears in Jerusalem . In this poem she is an even more negative , but also more fully drawn , character than in The Four Zoas . Vala's function and relation with the ...
... NEGATIVE CHARACTER After her absence in Milton , Vala substantially reappears in Jerusalem . In this poem she is an even more negative , but also more fully drawn , character than in The Four Zoas . Vala's function and relation with the ...
Pagina 178
... negative sense , “ wheel without wheel , " or a positive , “ Wheel within Wheel ” : [ c ] ruel Works Of many Wheels ... negative one . The obvious negative image conveyed by this passage implies severe times for mankind and ...
... negative sense , “ wheel without wheel , " or a positive , “ Wheel within Wheel ” : [ c ] ruel Works Of many Wheels ... negative one . The obvious negative image conveyed by this passage implies severe times for mankind and ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 1 |
2Blakes Radical Context | 40 |
3The Gender Utopia of The Four Zoas | 60 |
Copyright | |
4 andere gedeelten niet getoond
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
acter Ahania Alicia Ostriker already apocalypse become Beulah Bible biblical Blake criticism Blake's female Blake's gender utopia Blake's poetry Blake's utopia Blake's view Book Book of Urizen concept counterpart crucial Damrosch dark Daughters of Albion death Elynittria Enion Enitharmon epic poems Eternity fallen existence fallen world Felpham female activity female characters feminist final Night Four Zoas fourfold gender equality gender interactivity heaven human ideas images important innocence jealousy Jerusalem Joseph Johnson's Keri Davies Leutha London Los's Luvah major epics male and female male characters male-female reunion male-female togetherness mankind Milton and Ololon Milton Blake Muggletonians mythological negation negative Oothoon Palamabron Paradise passage patriarchal plate poetic positive prophecies prophetic radical Rahab reunited Revelation Rintrah Satan sexes sexual significant song Spectre structure Swedenborgian sweet symbols Tharmas thee thou tion Tirzah traditional Ulro Urizen Urthona utopian existence Vala visionary Visions William Blake Wollstonecraft woman women