Blake, Myth, and Enlightenment The Politics of Apotheosis
This book provides compelling new readings of William Blake’s poetry and art, including the first sustained account of his visionary paintings of Pitt and Nelson. It focuses on the recurrent motif of apotheosis, both as a figure of political authority to
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Blake, Myth, and Enlightenment The Politics of Apotheosis
Blake, Myth, and Enlightenment
David Fallon
Blake, Myth, and Enlightenment The Politics of Apotheosis
David Fallon University of Sunderland, UK
ISBN 978-1-137-39034-9 ISBN 978-1-137-39035-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-39035-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016957727 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: William Blake after Henry Fuseli, The Fertilization of Egypt. From Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden (London: J. Johnson, 1791). Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Macmillan Publishers Ltd. The registered company address is: The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW, United Kingdom
Acknowledgements
This monograph began as a doctoral thesis supervised by Professor Jon Mee, whose critical acumen, generosity, knowledge, encouragement, and humour, both during and after the doctorate, have been inspiring. My examiners Saree Makdisi and Fiona Stafford astutely identified areas needing development. Rigorous comments from Palgrave’s reader forced me to sharpen my argument, engage further with recent Blake criticism, and clarify important issues. I was lucky enough to receive an Arts and Humanities Research Council doctoral award that made the project possible, and was assisted in doctoral research with contributions from the University College Old Members’ Trust and the English Faculty Meyerstein Fund. I carried out additional work during a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship at St Anne’s College, Oxford. I am grateful to the Faculty of Education and Society and the Culture and Regional Studies Beacon at the University of Sunderland, which provided some muc
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