Blake, Nation and Empire

JAMES CHANDLER Barbara E. and Richard J. Franke Professor in English and in Cinema and Media Studies, University of Chicago, USAMORRIS EAVES Professor of English, University of Rochester, USAROBERT N. ESSICK Professor Emeritus of English, University of California, USACHRISTOPHER Z. HOBSON Associate Professor of Humanities and Languages, State University of New York, USAANDREW LINCOLN Senior Lecturer in the School of English and Drama, Queen Mary, University of London, UKSAREE MAKDISI Professor of English Literature, University of California, Los Angeles, USASUSAN MATTHEWS Senior Lecturer in English, Roehampton University, UKJON MEE Margaret Candfield Fellow in English, University College, Oxford, UKJOSEPH VISCOMI James G. Kenan Distinguished Professor of English Literature, University of North Carolina, USAJASON WHITTAKER Lecturer in English, Nottingham Trent University, UK

• List of Illustrations Preface Notes on the Contributors Abbreviations Introduction; S.Clark & D.Worrall Immortal Joy: William Blake and the Cultural Politics of Empire; S.Makdisi Thel in Africa; D.Worrall Bloody Blake: Nation and Circulation; J.Mee Blake, Hayley and the History of Sexuality; S.Matthews Blake and the Syntax of Sentiment: An essay on 'Blaking' Understanding; J.Chandler National Arts and Disruptive Technologies in Blake's Prospectus of 1793; M.Eaves 'What is Liberty without Universal Toleration': Blake Homosexuality and the Cooperative Commonwealth; C.Z.Hobson Restoring the Nation: Blake and the Aftermyth of Revolution; A.Lincoln Jerusalem as Imperial Prophecy; S.Clark The Matter of Britain: Blake, Milton and the Ancient Britons; J.Whittaker Erin, Ireland, and the Emanation in Blake's Jerusalem ; R.N.Essick Blake After Blake: A Nation Discovers Genius; J.Viscomi Blake Bibliography Index

'Worrall and Clark's previous collections played a key role in the historicist revolution in Blake studies, and the current book is no exception. The focus on nationalism and imperialism sketches in an under-represented portion of the historical picture for Blake. The list of contributors is exceptionally strong, with an even greater variety of approaches than in the earlier volumes.' - Nicholas M. Williams, Indiana University, USA