Weir Brahma in the West

William Blake and the Oriental Renaissance
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8640-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 184 Seiten

Argues that the myths and ideals of William Blake's poetry were heavily influenced by the Oriental Renaissance—the British discovery of Hindu literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weir, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Politics
2. Mythography
3. Theology
Postscript
Appendix A. Mythographic Material from Joseph Priestley
Appendix B. Synopsis of The Four Zoas
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

David Weir is Associate Professor on the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. He is the author of Anarchy and Culture: The Aesthetic Politics of Modernism; James Joyce and the Art of Mediation; and Decadence and the Making of Modernism.