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William Blake is one of the most important influences on twentieth-century literature. This study will ask why he is a figure central to the Modernist re-definition of past art. He also appears to be an acceptable sage for postmodernists, he can be associated with an opposition to authority without...

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Main Author: Larrissy, Edward (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Subjects:
Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Literary History.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Poetry and Poetics.
British literature.
Literature > History and criticism.
Literature, Modern > 19th century.
Poetry.
Electronic books.
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Summary:William Blake is one of the most important influences on twentieth-century literature. This study will ask why he is a figure central to the Modernist re-definition of past art. He also appears to be an acceptable sage for postmodernists, he can be associated with an opposition to authority without imposing one version of his own mythology.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VI, 188 pages)
ISBN:9780230627444
DOI:10.1057/9780230627444