Blake, Nation and Empire

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Illustrations......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Notes on the Contributors......Page 11
List of Abbreviations......Page 13
Introduction......Page 14
1 Immortal Joy: William Blake and the Cultural Politics of Empire......Page 33
2 Thel in Africa: William Blake and the Post-Colonial, Post-Swedenborgian Female Subject......Page 53
3 Bloody Blake: Nation and Circulation......Page 76
4 Blake, Hayley and the History of Sexuality......Page 96
5 Blake and the Syntax of Sentiment: An Essay on ‘Blaking’ Understanding......Page 115
6 National Arts and Disruptive Technologies in Blake’s Prospectus of 1793......Page 132
7 ‘What is Liberty without Universal Toleration’: Blake, Homosexuality, and the Cooperative Commonwealth......Page 149
8 Restoring the Nation to Christianity: Blake and the Aftermyth of Revolution......Page 166
9 Jerusalem as Imperial Prophecy......Page 180
10 The Matter of Britain: Blake, Milton and the Ancient Britons......Page 199
11 Erin, Ireland, and the Emanation in Blake’s Jerusalem......Page 214
12 Blake after Blake: A Nation Discovers Genius......Page 227
Blake Bibliography......Page 264
Index......Page 271