Reading William Blake - Couverture souple

Makdisi, Saree

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521128412 ISBN 13 : 9780521128414

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

William Blake (1757‒1827) is one of the most original and influential figures of the Romantic Age, known for his work as an artist, poet and printmaker. Grounding his ideas both in close reading and in the latest scholarship, Saree Makdisi offers an exciting and imaginative approach to reading Blake. By exploring some of the most important themes in Blake's work and connecting them to particular plates from Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Makdisi highlights Blake's creative power and the important interplay between images and words. There is a consistent emphasis on the relationship between the material nature of Blake's illuminated books, including the method he used to produce them, and the interpretive readings of the texts themselves. Makdisi argues that the material and formal openness of Blake's work can be seen as the very basis for learning to read in the spirit of Blake.

Revue de presse :

'Reading William Blake is not about careless readings but the most careful, brought to life by Makdisi's own beautiful and precise critical prose.' Shirley Dent, The Times Literary Supplement

'This is a brief introduction to Blake that novices and seasoned Blakeans alike will enjoy and learn from. ... The book is a celebration of Blake rather than a critique. It always expresses the critic's own admiration and communicates this warmly to the reader. ... It draws readers in, showing how puzzles and disjunctions can be productive, and how the play of children, reflections on the passage of time, artistic labor, ideas of eternity, and industrial work practices can be closely related in Blake's thought. It is a book that will succeed very well in starting readers on a journey.' Andrew Lincoln, Blake - An Illustrated Quarterly

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0521128412
• ISBN 13: 9780521128414
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 150