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Eternity's sunrise : the imaginative world of William Blake, Leo Damrosch

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"William Blake, overlooked in his time, remains an enigmatic figure to contemporary readers despite his near canonical status. Out of a wounding sense of alienation and dividedness he created a profoundly original symbolic language, in which words and images unite in a unique interpretation of self and society. He was a counterculture prophet whose art still challenges us to think afresh about almost every aspect of experience--social, political, philosophical, religious, erotic, and aesthetic. He believed that we live in the midst of Eternity here and now, and that if we could open our consciousness to the fullness of being, it would be like experiencing a sunrise that never ends. Following Blake's life from beginning to end, acclaimed biographer Leo Damrosch draws extensively on Blake's poems, his paintings, and his etchings and engravings to offer this generously illustrated account of Blake the man and his vision of our world. The author's goal is to inspire the reader with the passion he has for his subject, achieving the imaginative response that Blake himself sought to excite. The book is an invitation to understanding and enjoyment, an invitation to appreciate Blake's imaginative world and, in so doing, to open the doors of our perception."--Jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
ix, 332 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • Introduction
  • The working artist
  • How should we understand Blake's symbols?
  • Innocence
  • Experience
  • Revolution
  • Atoms and visionary insight
  • "The gate is open"
  • Understanding Blake's myth
  • The Zoas and ourselves
  • The prophetic call
  • Breakthrough to apocalypse
  • "The torments of love and jealousy"
  • The female will
  • Wrestling with God
  • The traveler in the evening
Isbn
9780300200676
Instance
Label
Eternity's sunrise : the imaginative world of William Blake
Title
Eternity's sunrise
Title remainder
the imaginative world of William Blake
Statement of responsibility
Leo Damrosch
Creator
Contributor
Author
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Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"William Blake, overlooked in his time, remains an enigmatic figure to contemporary readers despite his near canonical status. Out of a wounding sense of alienation and dividedness he created a profoundly original symbolic language, in which words and images unite in a unique interpretation of self and society. He was a counterculture prophet whose art still challenges us to think afresh about almost every aspect of experience--social, political, philosophical, religious, erotic, and aesthetic. He believed that we live in the midst of Eternity here and now, and that if we could open our consciousness to the fullness of being, it would be like experiencing a sunrise that never ends. Following Blake's life from beginning to end, acclaimed biographer Leo Damrosch draws extensively on Blake's poems, his paintings, and his etchings and engravings to offer this generously illustrated account of Blake the man and his vision of our world. The author's goal is to inspire the reader with the passion he has for his subject, achieving the imaginative response that Blake himself sought to excite. The book is an invitation to understanding and enjoyment, an invitation to appreciate Blake's imaginative world and, in so doing, to open the doors of our perception."--Jacket
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Biography type
individual biography
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YDXCP
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Damrosch, Leopold
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
PR4146
LC item number
.D32 2015
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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Roy and Marian Holleman Foundation
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  • Blake, William
  • Blake, William
  • Poets, English
  • Poets, English
  • Artists
  • Artists
  • Poets, English
  • England
  • Engelska poeter
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Eternity's sunrise : the imaginative world of William Blake, Leo Damrosch
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- The working artist -- How should we understand Blake's symbols? -- Innocence -- Experience -- Revolution -- Atoms and visionary insight -- "The gate is open" -- Understanding Blake's myth -- The Zoas and ourselves -- The prophetic call -- Breakthrough to apocalypse -- "The torments of love and jealousy" -- The female will -- Wrestling with God -- The traveler in the evening
Control code
908516793
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
ix, 332 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780300200676
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Note
Copley Library's copy funded by a grant from the Roy & Marian Holleman Foundation
Other physical details
illustrations (some color), map
System control number
(OCoLC)908516793
Label
Eternity's sunrise : the imaginative world of William Blake, Leo Damrosch
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- The working artist -- How should we understand Blake's symbols? -- Innocence -- Experience -- Revolution -- Atoms and visionary insight -- "The gate is open" -- Understanding Blake's myth -- The Zoas and ourselves -- The prophetic call -- Breakthrough to apocalypse -- "The torments of love and jealousy" -- The female will -- Wrestling with God -- The traveler in the evening
Control code
908516793
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
ix, 332 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780300200676
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Note
Copley Library's copy funded by a grant from the Roy & Marian Holleman Foundation
Other physical details
illustrations (some color), map
System control number
(OCoLC)908516793

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