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William Blake -- some have called him a genius, some have called him a madman... and many have called him both. As the essays in this book show, Blake offers his readers a vision of the world so coherent that even his simplest songs convey rich and exciting meaning, so unified that even his most obscure prophecies present an unexpectedly luminous conception of reality. One of the leaders of the resurgence of interest in Blake, Northrop Frye, has selected...
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Twentieth century views volume S-TC-35
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Twentieth century critics have rediscovered in Jonathan Swift an outspoken commentary on the complex and ultimately unsolvable mystery of human nature. The essays collected here document the process of the reversal which has rescued Swift from the disgust and near-hatred of earlier readers. Several paths to re-evaluation are followed by these critics. Through careful research they uncover the facts of Swift's political and social involvement and his...
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Did feminism really detract from her work? Was Virginia Woolf actually a poet writing in novel form? Did her mental illness affect her writing? How much of her technique was her own and how much did she borrow from Joyce and Proust? Contributors discuss these and other questions in an effort to interpret the work of this controversial and original author. -- From publisher's description.
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