Witness against the beast : William Blake and the moral law
1993, 1st edition. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #389273
ISBN: 0521225159
Physical Description: xxi, 234 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Part I. Inheritance -- 1. Works or faith? -- 2. Antinomianisms -- 3. The "ranting" impulse -- 4. The polite witness -- 5. Radical dissent -- 6. A peculiar people -- 7. Anti-hegemony -- Appendix 1. The Muggletonian archive -- Appendix 2. William Blake's mother -- Part II. Human images -- Introductory -- 8. The New Jerusalem Church -- 9. "The divine image" -- 10. From innocence to experience -- 11. "London" -- 12. "The human abstract" -- 13. Conclusion. Subjects: Blake, William 1757-182; Political and social views; Religion; Ethics; Religion Criticism and interpretation; History and criticism; Dissenters, Religious England History 18th century; Didactic poetry, English History and criticism; Radicalism England; Ethics, Modern 18th century; Radicalism in literature; Ethics in literature; England; English poetry; Literature; Literary Studies; Critical Studies.
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