Blake on Language, Power, and Self-Annihilation
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Blake on Language, Power, and Self-Annihilation

  1. 244 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Blake on Language, Power, and Self-Annihilation

About this book

Against a historical backdrop that includes eighteenth-century language theory, children's literature and education, debates on the French Revolution, Biblical interpretation, and print culture, Blake on Language, Power, and Self-Annihilation breaks new ground in the study of William Blake. This book analyzes the concept of self-annihilation in Blake s work, using the language theories of Mikhail Bakhtin to elucidate the ways in which his discourse was open to the viewpoints of others, undermines institutional authority, and restores dialogue. This book not only uncovers the importance of self-annihilation to Blake's thinking about language and communication, but it also develops its centrality to Blake's poetic practice.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Illustrations
  8. Preface
  9. Introduction: “Otherness as Origin”
  10. 1 Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Contrary States, Conflicting Voices
  11. 2 The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: Dialogue and "Imposition"
  12. 3 The [First] Book of Urizen: The Problem of Authorial Selfhood
  13. 4 Milton: The Annihilation of Authorial Selfhood
  14. 5 Jerusalem: The Reader and Self-Annihilation
  15. Conclusion: The Irony of Self-Annihilation
  16. Notes
  17. Works Cited
  18. Index

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