William Blake: A Literary Life (MacMillan Literary Lives)
John Beer
€ 67.19
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for William Blake: A Literary Life (MacMillan Literary Lives)
Hardcover. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; BG; DC; DSC; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
This volume on Blake follows the writer's life and combines biography and critical analysis. Covering Blake's early career, his major works and his work as a visual artist, this new study will be a must for all Blake scholars and enthusiasts. Recent discoveries concerning Blake's forebears and their religion make this new study additionally timely.
This volume on Blake follows the writer's life and combines biography and critical analysis. Covering Blake's early career, his major works and his work as a visual artist, this new study will be a must for all Blake scholars and enthusiasts. Recent discoveries concerning Blake's forebears and their religion make this new study additionally timely.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
Series
Literary Lives
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403939548
SKU
V9781403939548
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About John Beer
John Beer is Emeritus Professor of English Literature, University of Cambridge and Fellow of Peterhouse. His work on Romanticism includes Coleridge the Visionary, Coleridge's Poetic Intelligence, Blake's Humanism, Blake's Visionary Universe, Wordsworth and the Human Heart, Wordsworth in Time, Questioning Romanticism (ed.), Romantic Influences and Providence and Love. He has edited Coleridge's Poems for Everyman's Library, his Aids to Reflection ... Read more
Reviews for William Blake: A Literary Life (MacMillan Literary Lives)
Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2006 'Professor John Beer's new book combines illuminating and fresh discussions of Blake's life and work with astute commentary on the visual materials. Tracing Blake's religious background from early childhood onwards, Beer presents a clear and highly readable account of the spiritual richness and complexity of his mature poetry. We also learn a ... Read more