Blake's Vision of the Poetry of Milton: Illustrations to Six PoemsBucknell University Press, 1986 - 319 pages William Blake's series of interpretive illustrations to six poems by John Milton represent Blake's rethinking of Milton's themes. The author insists upon the integrity of the separate series and investigates the distinctive properties of each. Illustrated. |
Contents
Redeeming Ololon the Sixfold Emanation An Introduction | 15 |
Locating the Clear Dream A Mask Presented at LudlowCastle | 21 |
Remaking the Myth Paradise Lost | 50 |
Carrying Forward the Prophetic Mission On the Morning of Christs Nativity | 113 |
Celebrating the Bard LAllegro and Il Penseroso | 143 |
Revealing the True Image Paradise Regained | 176 |
Works Consulted | 220 |
Illustrations | 229 |
Index | 305 |
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References to this book
Majestick Milton: British Imperial Expansion and Transformations of Paradise ... Anne-Julia Zwierlein No preview available - 2001 |