Blake, Myth, and Enlightenment: The Politics of Apotheosis

By David Fallon

Introduction: 'A saint amongst the infidels & a heretic with the orthodox'.- 1. 'The deep indelible stain': Apotheosis in the Eighteenth Century.- 2. 'Spirits of fire': Ambiguous Figures in The French Revolution.- 3. 'Breathing! Awakening!': Contesting and Transforming Apotheosis in America a Prophecy.- 4. 'The night of holy shadows': Europe and Loyalist Reaction.- 5. 'Serpentine dissimulation': Apotheosis in Urizen, Ahania and The Song of Los.- 6. 'The Name of the Wicked Shall Rot': Blake's Oriental Apotheoses of Nelson and Pitt.- 7. Transforming Apotheosis in The Four Zoas and Milton.- 8. 'Ever expanding in the bosom of God': Deification and Apotheosis in Jerusalem.- Conclusion.- Notes.-Bibliography.- Index.-

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137390344
• ISBN13: 9781137390349
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 343 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 8.6"