Blake, Politics, and History (Wellesley Studies in Critical Theory, Literary History and Culture)

This anthology of essays charts the work of William Blake - combining traditional and current historicist methods with a plurality of other approaches. While many essays here recuperate a radical Blake opposed to imperialism, slavery, and patriarchy, differences emerge over the nature of Blake's radicalism and his stance on revolution, violence, and democratic pluralism. Contributors may champion a Blake critical of patriarchal discourse and practice, but they remain cautious about Blake's ""homocentric"" solutions. In the ""Blake and women"" section, authors seek to reorient discussions by.