Introduction / David Worrall and Steve Clark --;Immortal joy: William Blake and the cultural politics of empire / Saree Makdisi --;Thel in Africa: William Blake and the post-colonial, post-Swedenborgian female subject / David Worrall --;Bloody Blake: nation and circulation / Jon Mee --;Blake, Hayley and the history of sexuality / Susan Matthews --;Blake and the Syntax of Sentiment / James Chandler --;National arts and disruptive technolgies in Blake's prospectus of 1793 / Morris Eaves --;What is liberty without universal toleration / Christopher Z. Hobson --;Restoring the Nation to Christianity: Blake and the Aftermyth of Revolution / Andrew Lincoln --;Jerusalem as imperial prophecy / Steve Clark --;The Matter of Britain / Jason Whittaker --;Erin, Ireland, and the emanation in Blake's Jerusalem / Robert N. Essick --;Blake After Blake: A Nation Discovers Genius / Joseph Viscomi.
This book examines Blake's work in the context of discourses of nation and empire, of the construction of a public sphere, and restores the longevity to his artistic career by placing emphasis on his work in the 1820s. Relevant contexts include technology, sentimentalism, Ireland and Catholic Emancipation, missionary prospectuses and body politics.
Blake, William, -- 1757-1827 -- Political and social views.
Nationalism and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Nationalism and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.