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Reading William Blake

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  • © 1992

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  1. Stephen C. Behrendt

    1. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: Reading Blake’s Texts

    • Stephen C. Behrendt
    Pages 1-35

  3. Songs of Innocence and of Experience

    • Stephen C. Behrendt
    Pages 36-72

  4. Three Early Illuminated Works

    • Stephen C. Behrendt
    Pages 73-100

  5. Lambeth Prophecies I: History of the World

    • Stephen C. Behrendt
    Pages 101-124

  6. Lambeth Prophecies II: History of the Universe

    • Stephen C. Behrendt
    Pages 125-151

  7. Epic Art: Milton and Jerusalem

    • Stephen C. Behrendt
    Pages 152-173

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 174-196
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William Blake's illuminated poems challenge their readers to participate fully in a highly interactive process of reading. The complex interaction of their verbal and visual texts forces the involved reader to assume greater responsibility than usual for formulating meaning. This book examines some of the ways in which Blake's illuminated poems subvert the customary authority of texts and force readers to reassess both their expectations about reading and their customary responses to words and visual images alike.

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  • University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA

    Stephen C. Behrendt

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