William Blake in Context

William Blake Poet And Artist Is A Figure Often Understood To Have ''Created His Own System''. Combining Close Readings And Detailed Analysis Of A Range Of Blake''S Work From Lyrical Songs To Later Myth From Writing To Visual Art This Collection Of Thirty-Eight Lively And Authoritative Essays Examines What Blake Had In Common With His Contemporaries The Writers Who Influenced Him And Those He Influenced In Turn. Chapters From An International Team Of Leading Scholars Also Attend To His Wider Contexts: Material Formal Cultural And Historical To Enrich Our Understanding Of And Engagement With Blake''S Work. Accessibly Written Incisive And Informed By Original Research William Blake In Context Enables Readers To Appreciate Blake Anew From Both Within And Outside Of His Own Idiom.