Overview

Dedicated to the analysis of William Blake's conversations, this study examines how the poet's pronunciation and dialect influence the full or partial consonance of his rhymes.

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Author:   G. E. Bentley, Jr.
Publisher:   The Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
Imprint:   Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
ISBN:  

9780773448483

ISBN 10:   0773448489
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   01 December 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Illustrations; Abbreviations and Symbols; Foreword by Mary Lynn Johnson; Introduction; 1. Blake's Conversation; 2. The Tao of Blake; 3. The Sculptured Sheep; 4. Blake's Uncommon Sense; 5. Blake's Pronunciation; 6. Blake's Rhymes; 7. Table of Dictionary Pronunciations; 8. Blake's Vocabulary; 9. The Reliability of the Conversations; 10. Conversations of James Blake; 11. Conversations of Robert Blake; 12. Conversations of Catherine Blake; 13. Descriptions of Blake as a Conversationalist; Sources; Acknowledgements; Thus Spake William Blake; Appendices:; Blake's Imperfect Rhymes: Eye Rhymes, Near Rhymes, and Odd Rhymes; Table of Rhyme Sounds; Concordance of William Blake's Conversations; Bibliography; Index.

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As presenter of conversational Blake, Bentley loosens the buttons of his formal scholarly persona, making the rounds of friendly introductions, genially engaging the reader with jokes about his own pronunciations and colloquialisms, and unobtrusively stepping aside to invite Blake to say whatever he'd like. - Prof. Mary Lynn Johnson University of Iowa ... an invaluable concordance in which the reader can look up what Blake had to say about any particular subject. For example if you want to know what Blake thought of Napoleon or of the apocalyptic preacher Edward Irving, you will find it here and not in any of his writings. - Prof. Morton D. Paley University of California at Berkeley

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