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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... crucial point and do a great deal of the research for this project, as well as for the thesis. Thanks are also due to the foundation itself for financial support. I would further like to thank Lars Malmsten for helpful assistance of ...
... crucial influences on Blake's thinking. More generally, my book aims at giving a good insight into Blake's conception of gender issues, and particularly his view of the female. Since his attitude to women is regarded by most scholars as ...
... crucial concepts for the understanding of Blake's vision of gender equality in the three major prophecies. The utopian existence of equality in Eden which Blake visualizes is the aftermath of the apocalyptic conclusions of the poems. In ...
... . The Four Zoas is important in a gender utopian context, since it is the first to include the basic concepts and symbols of gender utopia, but Milton and Jerusalem are also crucial poems ¡—Apocalypse, Utopia and Gender 13.
Magnus Ankarsjö. gender utopia, but Milton and Jerusalem are also crucial poems in Blake's development towards the final revision of gender equality in the last poem. Biblical. Apocalypse. and. Spiritual. Utopia. As a theoretical ...
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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 |