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OverviewThis special issue of the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library is devoted to William Blake. It explores the British and European reception of Blake's work from the late nineteenth century to the present day, with a particular focus on the counterculture. Opening with two articles by the late Michael Horovitz, an important figure in the 'Blake Renaissance' of the 1960s, the issue goes on to investigate the ideological struggle over Blake in the early part of the twentieth century, with particular reference to W. B. Yeats. This is followed by articles on the artistic avant-garde and underground of the 1960s and on Blake's significance for science fiction authors of the 1970s. The issue closes with an article on the contemporary Belgian art collective maelstrm reEvolution. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Douglas Field , Luke WalkerPublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.222kg ISBN: 9781526166364ISBN 10: 1526166364 Pages: 130 Publication Date: 20 June 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction – Douglas Field and Luke Walker The Blake Renaissance – Michael Horovitz William Blake and (a Few of) His Friends in Our Time – Michael Horovitz ‘Invisible Gates Would Open’: W. B. Yeats and William Blake in the 1890s – Jodie Marley William Blake and the Spiritual Forms of Citizenship and Hospitality – Colin Trodd Avant-Garde Blake: From Francis Bacon to Oz Magazine – David Hopkins Iain Sinclair, William Blake and the Visionary Poetry of the 1960s – James Riley ‘The Place Where Contrarieties are Equally True’: Blake and the Science-Fiction Counterculture – Jason Whittaker A Cosmopolitan Case Study: Countercultural Blake in the Therapoetic Practice of maelstrÖm reEvolution – Franca Bellarsi -- .ReviewsAuthor InformationDouglas Field is Professor of Twentieth Century American Literature at the University of Manchester Luke Walker is an independent scholar Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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