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Fearful Symmetry : A Study of William Blake by Northrop Frye (1947, Hardcover)

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A Study of William Blake. Foxing to the edge of pages and endpapers. Personal plate on one of the first non-text pages. Otherwise in good condition. No writing or major blemishes. Printing: 4th Printing.

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PublisherPrinceton University Press

ISBN-100691061653

ISBN-139780691061658

eBay Product ID (ePID)120731278

Product Key Features

SubjectPoetry, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Publication Year1947

Number of Pages472 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameFearful Symmetry : a Study of William Blake

TypeTextbook

AuthorNorthrop Frye

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism

FormatHardcover

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Reviews"A magnificent, extraordinary book. . . . Several great poets have written of Blake, but this book is the first to show the full magnitude of Blake's mind."-- The Spectator, "A magnificent, extraordinary book. . . . Several great poets have written of Blake, but this book is the first to show the full magnitude of Blakes mind."-- The Spectator, "A magnificent, extraordinary book. . . . Several great poets have written of Blake, but this book is the first to show the full magnitude of Blake's mind." -- The Spectator, A magnificent, extraordinary book. . . . Several great poets have written of Blake, but this book is the first to show the full magnitude of Blake's mind.

Dewey Decimal821.7

SynopsisThis brilliant outline of Blake's thought and commentary on his poetry comes on the crest of the current interest in Blake, and carries us further towards an understanding of his work than any previous study. Here is a dear and complete solution to the riddles of the longer poems, the so-called "Prophecies," and a demonstration of Blake's insight that will amaze the modern reader. The first section of the book shows how Blake arrived at a theory of knowledge that was also, for him, a theory of religion, of human life and of art, and how this rigorously defined system of ideas found expression in the complicated but consistent symbolism of his poetry. The second and third parts, after indicating the relation of Blake to English literature and the intellectual atmosphere of his own time, explain the meaning of Blake's poems and the significance of their characters.