William Blake and GenderMcFarland, 27.1.2015 - 220 sivua The closing years of the eighteenth century were the particular domain of literary radicals whose work challenged ideas on gender and sexuality. During this transitional period, the poetry of William Blake reflected the changing mores of society as well as his own developing notions of gender. This work presents an in-depth exploration of gender issues in Blake's three epic poems, The Four Zoas, Milton and Jerusalem. The opening chapter discusses basic concepts such as notions of apocalypse, utopia and gender, all essential to the author's reading of Blake. Background regarding the literary atmosphere of the time, which included influence from the tradition of dissent, English Jacobinism and early feminism, is also included, effectively setting the context for Blake's work. The book then examines the poems in chronological order. It concentrates particularly on male and female activity within each work (refuting the common assumption that Blake was anti-feminist) while exploring the symbolism of the poetry. Blake's repeated theme of the struggle between the sexes receives special emphasis, as does the progress of his gender vision through the three poems. |
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Magnus Ankarsjö. Contents. Introduction 1 1—Apocalypse, Utopia and Gender 9 2—Blake's Radical Context 3—The Gender Utopia of The Four Zoas 4—The Gender Utopia of Milton 5—The Gender Utopia of Jerusalem Afterword Bibliography Index 40 60 ...
... apocalypse by acting as a harbinger of apocalypse and utopia. The positive ramifications of female activity are even more obvious in the concluding epic Jerusalem, where the eponymous character, another of Blake's strong females ...
... apocalypse at the end of the poems. The apocalypse, Blake insists, can only be entered by man and woman together. Hence, a reconciliation between the male and female characters is the conclusion of The Four Zoas, Milton and Jerusalem ...
... apocalypse are fundamental for my inquiry into Blake's conception of gender and his gradually coming to grips with his single-minded idea finally to be expressed in Jerusalem. In particular it is to the biblical notion of these. 4All ...
... apocalypse, utopia, and gender. In the second chapter I give an outline of the radical context that Blake was part of by the end of the eighteenth century: the ... Apocalypse, Utopia and Gender Blake and Apocalypse Utopia and Introduction 7.
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2Blakes Radical Context | 40 |
3The Gender Utopia of The Four Zoas | 60 |
4The Gender Utopia of Milton | 122 |
5The Gender Utopia of Jerusalem | 158 |
Afterword | 191 |
Bibliography | 197 |
Index | 205 |