The Reception of Blake in the OrientSteve Clark, Masashi Suzuki This volume brings together research from international scholars focusing attention on the longevity and complexity of Blake`s reception in Japan and elsewhere in the East. It is designed as not only a celebration of his art and poetry in new and unexpected contexts but also to contest the intensely nationalistic and parochial Englishness of his work, and in broader terms, the inevitable passivity with which Romanticism (and other Western intellectual movements) have been received in the Orient. |
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... argument in its favour , or even to deserve a moment's consideration ' ) . 41 Blake's allusion to Thelyphthora in his title may be aimed at creating a specific critique of the Wadström project . 40 If the passive conformities implicit ...
... argument in its favour , or even to deserve a moment's consideration ' ) . 41 Blake's allusion to Thelyphthora in his title may be aimed at creating a specific critique of the Wadström project . 40 If the passive conformities implicit ...
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... argue that Blake's knowledge of Egyptian iconography among other Egyptian backgrounds can be inferred to funda- mentally motivate him in the formulation of his own mythology . To illustrate this I will elucidate , in particular , the ...
... argue that Blake's knowledge of Egyptian iconography among other Egyptian backgrounds can be inferred to funda- mentally motivate him in the formulation of his own mythology . To illustrate this I will elucidate , in particular , the ...
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... argue , we should interpret the hovering figure in question as a ' mistaken Demon of heaven'.12 Consequently , the Urizenic hovering figure in question appears to represent a false or illegitimate god , that is to say , the denounced ...
... argue , we should interpret the hovering figure in question as a ' mistaken Demon of heaven'.12 Consequently , the Urizenic hovering figure in question appears to represent a false or illegitimate god , that is to say , the denounced ...
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... argued that in giving the figure these connotations Blake might have made use of his own reworking of Typhon , the Egyptian god . I believe the significance lies more deeply than has yet been recognized in his concept of Egypt , as an ...
... argued that in giving the figure these connotations Blake might have made use of his own reworking of Typhon , the Egyptian god . I believe the significance lies more deeply than has yet been recognized in his concept of Egypt , as an ...
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... argument about this engraving (Priestman 1999: 102–5) complements Mee's analysis of the engraving (Mee 1992: 157–9). Apart from those studies, there have been ardent discussions regarding this plate: see Beer 1993: 35, 259. 11 See also ...
... argument about this engraving (Priestman 1999: 102–5) complements Mee's analysis of the engraving (Mee 1992: 157–9). Apart from those studies, there have been ardent discussions regarding this plate: see Beer 1993: 35, 259. 11 See also ...
Contents
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Blake in the Orient The EarlyTwentiethCentury Japanese Reception | 159 |
Blake in the Orient Later Responses | 235 |
Bibliography | 303 |
Index | 337 |
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