Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Credits xi
5. Abbreviations xiii
6. Introduction xvii
7. Essays on Milton
8. 1. Introduction to "Paradise Lost" and Selected Poetry and Prose 3
9. 2. Literature as Context: Milton's Lycidas 24
10. 3. The Return of Eden: Five Essays on Milton's Epics 35
11. 4. The Revelation to Eve 132
12. 5. Agon and Logos 156
13. 6. Tribute to Balachandra Rajan 179
14. Essays on Blake
15. 7. Blake on Trial Again 185
16. 8. Review of The Portable Blake 189
17. 9. Blake's Treatment of the Archetype 190
18. 10. J.G. Davies' The Theology of William Blake 207
19. 11. Bernard Blackstone's English Blake 209
20. 12. Poetry and Design in William Blake 212
21. 13. Introduction to Selected Poetry and Prose of William Blake 221
22. 14. David Erdman's Blake: Prophet against Empire 237
23. 15. Notes for a Commentary on Milton 239
24. 16. William Blake (I) 266
25. 17. Blake after Two Centuries 290
26. 18. Blake's Introduction to Experience 303
27. 19. Preface to Peter Fisher's The Valley of Vision 313
28. 20. The Road of Excess 316
29. 21. Introduction to Blake: A Collection of Critical Essays 330
30. 22. The Keys to the Gates 337
31. 23. William Blake (II) 360
32. 24. Comment on Adam and Eve and the Angel Raphael 364
33. 25. Blake's Reading of the Book of Job (I) 366
34. 26. William Blake (III) 378
35. 27. Blake's Reading of the Book of Job (II) 387
36. 28. Blake's Biblical Illustrations 402
37. 29. Blake's Bible 419
38. Notes 437
39. Emendations 463
40. Index 465