Blake, Nation and Empire

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-19
Immortal Joy: William Blake and the Cultural Politics of Empire....Pages 20-39
Thel in Africa: William Blake and the Post-Colonial; Post-Swedenborgian Female Subject....Pages 40-62
Bloody Blake: Nation and Circulation....Pages 63-82
Blake, Hayley and the History of Sexuality....Pages 83-101
Blake and the Syntax of Sentiment: An Essay on ‘Blaking’ Understanding....Pages 102-118
National Arts and Disruptive Technologies in Blake’s Prospectus of 1793....Pages 119-135
‘What is Liberty without Universal Toleration’: Blake, Homosexuality, and the Cooperative Commonwealth....Pages 136-152
Restoring the Nation to Christianity: Blake and the Aftermyth of Revolution....Pages 153-166
Jerusalem as Imperial Prophecy....Pages 167-185
The Matter of Britain: Blake, Milton and the Ancient Britons....Pages 186-200
Erin, Ireland, and the Emanation in Blake’s Jerusalem....Pages 201-213
Blake after Blake: A Nation Discovers Genius....Pages 214-250
Back Matter....Pages 251-263