Blake's Agitation by Steven Goldsmith
The resulting picture of the emotional agency of criticism opens up a new angle on Blake's literary and visual legacy and offers a vivid interrogation of the practical potential of theoretical discourse.
Goldsmith's subtle, complicated and counterintuitive study, flows out of what he calls a 'sustained interdisciplinary "surge" in the theoretical, historical and cognitive study of emotion' -- Simon Jarvis Times Literary Supplement An imaginative, deeply learned, and passionately argued book. The thinking and writing are sustained throughout at exceptionally high levels... The book makes an original and important contribution to Blake studies. -- G.A. Rosso Blake/An Illustrated Quarterly A major reading of Blake, a significant contribution to affect studies, and a provocative meditation on the state of the profession... Seeing critical reading s the interaction of agitation with slow time could offer a healing message for a divided profession, but there will always be those who are impatient to make a positive difference. Thanks to Steven Goldsmith's outstanding book, both sides can now find sustenance in the work of William Blake. -- David Simpson Modern Language Quarterly
Steven Goldsmith is an associate professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley, and is the author of Unbuilding Jerusalem: Apocalypse and Romantic Representation.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781421408064 |
| Title | Blake's Agitation |
| Author | Steven Goldsmith |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Year published | 2013-05-10 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
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