The evolution of Blake's myth
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The evolution of Blake's myth
(Routledge studies in romanticism, 32)
Routledge, 2020
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Description
Interpreting Blake has always proved challenging. Hermeneutics, as the on-going negotiation between the horizon of expectations and a given text, hinges on the preconceptions that structure thought. The structure, in turn, is derived from myth, a cultural narrative predicated on a particular set of foundational principles, and organized in terms of the resulting symbolic form. The primary impediment to interpreting Blake has been the failure to recognize that he and much of his audience have thought in terms of two radically different myths.
In The Evolution of Blake's Myth, Sheila A. Spector establishes the dimensions of the myth that structures Blake's thought. In the first of three parts, she uses Jerusalem, Blake's most complete book, as the basis for extrapolating the components of the consolidated myth. She then traces the chronological development of the myth from its origin in the late 1780s through its crystallization in Milton. Finally, she demonstrates how Blake used the myth hermeneutically, as the horizon of expectations for interpreting not only his own work, but the Bible and the visionary texts of others, as well.
Table of Contents
Preface: Myth and Hermeneutics
Introduction: The Theory of Myth
PART I: THE CONSOLIDATION OF BLAKE'S ESOTERIC MYTH
Chapter 1. The Foundational Principles and Symbolic Form
Chapter 2. The Narrative
PART II: THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLAKE'S ESOTERIC MYTH
Chapter 3. The Foundational Principles
Chapter 4. The Symbolic Form
Chapter 5. The Narrative (1): The Logic of Complementarity
Chapter 6. The Narrative (2): The Function of Self-Annihilation
PART III: THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BLAKE'S ESOTERIC MYTH
Chapter 7. Blake Interpreting Blake: The Gates of Paradise
Chapter 8. Blake Interpreting the Bible: The Book of Job
Chapter 9. Blake Interpreting the Visions of Others: The Divine Comedy
Conclusion: The Truth of Myth
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