Introduction -- I: Perspectives, Characters, Settings -- 1: Visionary Theatre, Apocalyptic Images -- 2: Dramatis Personae -- 3: Jerusalem, her Character and Context -- 4: Jerusalem's Jesus -- 5: Shifting Settings -- Building Projects -- II: The Commentary Reading the Poem -- 1: 'To the Public' -- Albion's Fall -- 2: 'To the Jews' -- Rescue Attempts -- 3: 'To the Deists' -- Calamities Amplify -- 4: 'To the Christians' -- The Great Awakening -- Encore: Into Eternity.
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Susanne Sklar engages with the interpretive challenges of William Blake's illuminated epic poem Jerusalem by considering it as a piece of visionary theatre - an imaginative performance in which characters, settings, and imagery are not confined by mundane space and time - allowing readers to find coherence within its complexities.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Blake, William,1757-1827-- Criticism and interpretation.