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- catalog abstract "William Blake's The Four Zoas is one of the most challenging poems in the English language, and one of the least read of the major poetic narratives of the Romantic period. Spiritual History presents a much-needed introduction to The Four Zoas, a guide which will also be of great interest to those already familiar with the poem. This is the first full-length study to examine in detail Blake's numerous manuscript revisions. It offers a staged reading, one that moves, as Blake himself moved, from simpler to more complex forms of writing. Andrew Lincoln reads the poem in the light of two competing views of history: the biblical, which places history within the framework of Fall and Judgement, and that of the enlightenment, which sees history in terms of progress from primitive life to civil order. His reading offers an account of the poem that is more coherent - and accessible - than many previous accounts. Blake's much misunderstood poem emerges as the most extraordinary product of the eighteenth-century tradition of philosophical history.".
- catalog contributor b8193978.
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Spiritual History presents a much-needed introduction to The Four Zoas, a guide which will also be of great interest to those already familiar with the poem. This is the first full-length study to examine in detail Blake's numerous manuscript revisions. It offers a staged reading, one that moves, as Blake himself moved, from simpler to more complex forms of writing. Andrew Lincoln reads the poem in the light of two competing views of history: the biblical, which places history within the framework of Fall and Judgement, and that of the enlightenment, which sees history in terms of progress from primitive life to civil order. His reading offers an account of the poem that is more coherent - and accessible - than many previous accounts. Blake's much misunderstood poem emerges as the most extraordinary product of the eighteenth-century tradition of philosophical history.".
- catalog description "William Blake's The Four Zoas is one of the most challenging poems in the English language, and one of the least read of the major poetic narratives of the Romantic period.".
- catalog description "pt. I. The Copperplate Text. 1. A History of the Cosmos -- pt. II. A Dream of Nine Nights. 2. Breaking the Bounds of Destiny. 3. A Vision of Progress. 4. The Progress of Prophecy. 5. The Progress of Reason. 6. The Human Abstract. 7. The Progress of Empire. 8. The Last Judgement -- pt. III. The Major Revisions. 9. A Christian Vision -- pt. IV. Final Changes. 10. Buried Beneath the Ruins -- Appendix 1 A Note on the Illustrations -- Appendix 2 Interim Revisions -- Appendix 3 The Gardens of Vala -- Appendix 4 Two Textual Problems.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 322 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0198183143".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Clarendon Press,".
- catalog subject "821/.7 20".
- catalog subject "Blake, William, 1757-1827. Four Zoas.".
- catalog subject "Historical poetry, English History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PR4144.F683 L56 1995".
- catalog subject "Philosophy in literature.".
- catalog subject "Prophecies in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. The Copperplate Text. 1. A History of the Cosmos -- pt. II. A Dream of Nine Nights. 2. Breaking the Bounds of Destiny. 3. A Vision of Progress. 4. The Progress of Prophecy. 5. The Progress of Reason. 6. The Human Abstract. 7. The Progress of Empire. 8. The Last Judgement -- pt. III. The Major Revisions. 9. A Christian Vision -- pt. IV. Final Changes. 10. Buried Beneath the Ruins -- Appendix 1 A Note on the Illustrations -- Appendix 2 Interim Revisions -- Appendix 3 The Gardens of Vala -- Appendix 4 Two Textual Problems.".
- catalog title "Spiritual history : a reading of William Blake's Vala, or The four Zoas / Andrew Lincoln.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".