William Blake’s Poetry Continuum Reader’s Guides are clear, concise and accessible introductions to classic literary texts. Each book explores the themes, context, criticism and influence of key works, providing a practical introduction to close reading and guiding the reader towards a thorough understanding of the text. Ideal for undergraduate students, the guides provide an essential resource for anyone who needs to get to grips with a literary text. William Blake’s critical analysis of politics, religion, society and the psyche remains powerfully relevant today. The widespread popular interest in his art and poetry is evident through its continuing presence in film, TV, advertising, novels and exhibitions. This Reader’s Guide offers an accessible short introduction to Blake’s poetry, giving a clear point of access to the larger philosophical ideas that his work explores. It begins by introducing the social and intellectual contexts of works, including Songs of Innocence and of Experience and The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, and opens out into the major Blakean themes that underlie both these early works and his later prophetic texts. This introduction to Blake’s poetry is the ideal companion to study, offering guidance on •Literary and historical context •Language, style and form •Reading the poems •Critical reception and publishing history •Adaptation and interpretation •Further reading About Author: Jonathan Roberts is a lecturer in romantic Literature at the University of Liverpool.
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Author
Jonathan Roberts
ISBN - 10
1846841178
ISBN - 13
9781846841170
Pages
136
Binding
Paperback
Publisher
Continnum Special Priced Titles
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