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Blake and Antiquity
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Kathleen Raine
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English
Published/Copyright:
1978
About this book
The classic book on William Blake as prophet of the New Age
William Blake (1757–1827) inhabited a remarkable inner world, one that he brought vividly to life in his poetry, painting, and printmaking. Blake and Antiquity situates this brilliant and enigmatic artist within the Western esoteric canon, revealing his indebtedness to Neoplatonism, the Gnostics, alchemy, and astrology. In this book, Kathleen Raine demonstrates how Blake rejected conventional orthodoxy and went in search among the occult traditions of antiquity for symbols that might expand the mind’s awareness into a spiritual state where space, time, and even death are transcended.
Author / Editor information
Kathleen Raine (1908–2003) was a British poet, critic, and scholar, and a leading authority on William Blake. Her many books include Blake and Tradition; Golgonooza, City of Imagination: Last Studies in William Blake; and Autobiographies.
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"For Kathleen Raine, Blake was an eighteenth-century herald of a change in thinking that only now is coming to fruition. . . . Blake and Antiquity is the work of a scholar who serves the lovers of literature."
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eBook published on:
October 17, 2023
eBook ISBN:
9780691252117
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
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182
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91 b/w illus.
eBook ISBN:
9780691252117
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