William Blake and GenderMcFarland, 27 jan 2015 - 220 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. |
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Magnus Ankarsjö. Contents. Introduction 1 1—Apocalypse, Utopia and Gender 9 2—Blake's Radical Context 3—The Gender Utopia of The Four Zoas 4—The Gender Utopia of Milton 5—The Gender Utopia of Jerusalem Afterword Bibliography Index 40 60 ...
... Blake presents a gender utopia with a vision of complete equality between the sexes.2 One of my aims in this book is to demonstrate the hitherto unacknowledged significance of Blake's female characters in greater detail. Through my ...
... Blake's notion of gender equality calls for an active female, as well as an active male, and consequently, for increased gender interactivity altogether. Blake promotes a vision of gender utopia through a reconciliation between the male and ...
Magnus Ankarsjö. finally entered the highest symbolical level of gender relations in Blake's poetry, the utopia of Eden, with complete gender ... utopia in the light of contemporary feminist thinkers such as Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Hays.
... two poems as a development of and response to the gender utopia of The Four Zoas, showing how Blake finally arrives at his desired goal of gender equality. 1 Apocalypse, Utopia and Gender Blake and Apocalypse Utopia and Introduction 7.
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2Blakes Radical Context | 40 |
3The Gender Utopia of The Four Zoas | 60 |
4The Gender Utopia of Milton | 122 |
5The Gender Utopia of Jerusalem | 158 |
Afterword | 191 |
Bibliography | 197 |
Index | 205 |