Peter H. Marshall
William Blake (1757â€“1827) was a poet, painter, engraver and visionary. Considered eccentric, if not mad, in his own day, he now appears as a key figure in English Romanticism. He listened to â€˜Messengers from Heavenâ€™ but he had his feet firmly on the ground and was involved in the central issues of his revolutionary age.,Throughout his life he remained a â€˜Liberty Boyâ€™, looking forward to a time when everyone would become priest and king in their own home, exercise the â€˜Divine Arts of Imaginationâ€™ and see that â€˜everything that lives is Holyâ€™.,Peter Marshallâ€™s study draws on Blakeâ€™s complete writings, his poetry and his prose. It offers a lively and perceptive account of his thought, ranging from his philosophy and his critique of existing society and culture, to his vision of a free world. Marshall presents Blake as a forerunner of modern anarchism and social ecology, and reveals the light which shines behind the misty mountain range of his symbolism and mythology.
Medievalism,Romanticism,Politics
William Blake, Visionary Anarchist