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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... ideas. Here, for the first time Blake, tries to create a complete mythological system by establishing a structure of opposed and interactive male and female characters. Since he uses this system throughout the three major epics, my ...
... ideas on contemporary Blake studies cannot be overestimated, and Mellor's influential essay “Blake's Portrayal of Women” has probably been one of the most discussed by Blake critics in recent years. The most useful support for the ...
... ideas. The radical literary coterie around Johnson was one of the vital contextual milieus that contributed to Blake's progressive view of the female and gender relations in general, as displayed in his later works. Not least was this ...
... idea to Blake at this time, and we find it repeated in several of the note-book poems, for instance “To my Mirtle,” “The Wild Flowers Song,” “Soft Snow,” and the scorching “My Spectre Around me Night & Day.” In the more sophisticated “I ...
... idea of the “Millennium,” professed in Revelation, where, after the second coming of Messiah, peace will reign on earth for a period of a thousand years is close to the harmony of Blake's utopia which is manifested in the two components ...
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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 |