Reading William Blake

by Stephen C. Behrendt

Examines some of the ways in which Blake's illuminated poems subvert the customary authority of texts and force readers to reassess both their expectations about reading and the customary responses to words and visual images. Also explores the dynamics of the unique reading experience into which the readers are thrust. Acidic paper. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

196 pages, Hardcover

First published March 30, 1992

Reviews

[Tara]

Provided interesting metatextual analysis. Very skilfully incorporates music theory into the analysis of form, which gave me a really unique understanding of the Songs.