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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... poetic and philosophical ideal of gender utopia, when the universal man Albion is reunited in togetherness with his emanation Jerusalem at the end of the poem. Therefore, The Four Zoas and Milton express male-female reunion, the stage ...
... Poetics in Blake's Vala, or The Four Zoas explains, “It is clear that the larger meaning of Blake's canon arises from the component parts of his text and the interdependence of these parts. In Blake's canon, the whole can accommodate ...
... Poetic Form in Blake's Milton, Susan Fox convincingly outlines the parallel and dualistic structure of that poem. A parallel or dualistic structure is also the basic framework of The Four Zoas and Jerusalem. Blake's approach to the ...
... poet Blake dines with the two prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel (Plate ¡2). Other early examples are the two early illustrated poems “All Religions Are One” and “There Is no Natural Religion.” The long epic poems of Blake are often referred ...
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Inhoudsopgave
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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 |