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Linda Freedman's comprehensive history of Blake's reception in America, William Blake and the Myth of America: From the Abolitionists to the Counterculture (Oxford, 2018), was the most substantial, and her introduction is an accessible overview of his American reception that would work well in the classroom. * Wayne C. Ripley, Blake/An Illustrated Quarterly *

Linda Freedman's comprehensive history of Blake's reception in America, William Blake and the Myth of America: From the Abolitionists to the Counterculture (Oxford, 2018), was the most substantial, and her introduction is an accessible overview of his American reception that would work well in the classroom. * Wayne C. Ripley, Blake/An Illustrated Quarterly * In this generously illustrated book (16 plates, most colored), Freedman herself has managed to map out succinctly a wide range of American cultural activities, offering clear explanations and sharp critical insights. Blake emerges from it as a figure who quickly came to inspire a young nation haunted by its own sense of exceptional possibilities. An important part of Freedman's achievement lies in her incisive account of how Blake has remained relevant to the struggles, difficulties, and disappointments entailed in the attempt to realize an imagined America. * Andrew Lincoln, University of London, Review 19 * wonderful ... a wide range of reference skillfully presented, and beautifully illustrated ... remind[s] us just how central the US discussion of slavery was to UK conversations throughout both periods. * Pamela K. Gilbert, Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 *

Linda Freedman's comprehensive history of Blake's reception in America, William Blake and the Myth of America: From the Abolitionists to the Counterculture (Oxford, 2018), was the most substantial, and her introduction is an accessible overview of his American reception that would work well in the classroom. * Wayne C. Ripley, Blake/An Illustrated Quarterly * In this generously illustrated book (16 plates, most colored), Freedman herself has managed to map out succinctly a wide range of American cultural activities, offering clear explanations and sharp critical insights. Blake emerges from it as a figure who quickly came to inspire a young nation haunted by its own sense of exceptional possibilities. An important part of Freedman's achievement lies in her incisive account of how Blake has remained relevant to the struggles, difficulties, and disappointments entailed in the attempt to realize an imagined America. * Andrew Lincoln, University of London, Review 19 *

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Linda Freedman is a Lecturer in English and American literature at University College London. She is the author of Emily Dickinson and the Religious Imagination (Cambridge University Press, 2011) and has published widely on nineteenth and twentieth century literature. Her work explores the relationship between literature, theology, and the visual arts; transatlantic connections; and the afterlife of Romanticism.

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