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The reception of Blake in the Orient

This book focuses attention on the longevity and complexity of Blake's reception in Japan and elsewhere in the East. This book offers a case-study of the way in which the vigorous afterlife of Blake's work has allowed active appropriation of an inspiring presence, rather than passive succumbing to a Eurocentric or Orientalist ideology. 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 conte
eBook, English, ©2006
Continuum, London, ©2006
1 online resource (xii, 348 p.) : ill.
9781847141699, 9780826490070, 9781441143433, 1847141692, 0826490077, 1441143432
928754340
List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; PART I: The Orient in Blake: The Global Eighteenth Century; PART II: Blake in the Orient: The Early-Twentieth-Century Japanese Reception; PART III: Blake in the Orient: Later Responses; Bibliography; Index