William Blake and the Language of Adam

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Setting William Blake's language concepts and practices within the broad context of linguistic history, this book offers a new perspective on his poetry. Essick first looks in detail at four of Blake's paintings and addresses some basic questions in semiotic theory based on the history of the "motivated sign" idea from Plato to Wilhelm von Humboldt. Converting this background into a hermeneutic, he then demonstrates Blake's contributions to the mystical...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0198129858

ISBN13:9780198129851

Release Date:February 1989

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:296 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.7" x 8.8"

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