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Overview
The Wond'rous Art: William Blake and Writing offers an extended analysis of what writing means to Blake as a thematic, formal, and theoretical construct. Arguing that writing, both as a thematic concern and a physical action, forms a site of contention for the representation of and resistance to signification, this study yokes two dominant contraries in Blake criticism: the emphasis on the material aspect of Blake's work and practical matters of textual production familiar from the work of Joesph Viscomi, and the poststructuralist approach to Blake suggested in the work of critics such as Peter Otto and Donald Ault.Synopsis
Pierce (English, Queen's U., Ontario) seeks to reconcile the two distinct strands of scholarship on British poet and artist Blake (1757-1827): textual and bibliographical criticism, which focuses on the material documents without concern for the content; and critical interpretations of the poetry and designs, which tends to ignore the material basis of the illuminated books and manuscripts. Distributed in the US by Associated University Presses. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Details
Published
April 1, 2003
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Pages
192
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780838639382