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Blake's Agitation
Steven Goldsmith
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Description for Blake's Agitation
The resulting picture of the emotional agency of criticism opens up a new angle on Blake's literary and visual legacy and offers a vivid interrogation of the practical potential of theoretical discourse. Num Pages: 416 pages, 37, 37 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 710.
"Blake's Agitation" is a thorough and engaging reflection on the dynamic, forward-moving, and active nature of critical thought. Steven Goldsmith investigates the modern notion that there's a fiery feeling in critical thought, a form of emotion that gives authentic criticism the potential to go beyond interpreting the world. By arousing this critical excitement in readers and practitioners, theoretical writing has the power to alter the course of history, even when the only evidence of its impact is the emotion it arouses. Goldsmith identifies William Blake as a paradigmatic example of a socially critical writer who is moved by enthusiasm and ... Read more
"Blake's Agitation" is a thorough and engaging reflection on the dynamic, forward-moving, and active nature of critical thought. Steven Goldsmith investigates the modern notion that there's a fiery feeling in critical thought, a form of emotion that gives authentic criticism the potential to go beyond interpreting the world. By arousing this critical excitement in readers and practitioners, theoretical writing has the power to alter the course of history, even when the only evidence of its impact is the emotion it arouses. Goldsmith identifies William Blake as a paradigmatic example of a socially critical writer who is moved by enthusiasm and ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421408064
SKU
V9781421408064
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99-20
About Steven Goldsmith
Steven Goldsmith is an associate professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley, and is the author of Unbuilding Jerusalem: Apocalypse and Romantic Representation.
Reviews for Blake's Agitation
Goldsmith's subtle, complicated and counterintuitive study, flows out of what he calls a 'sustained interdisciplinary "surge" in the theoretical, historical and cognitive study of emotion.'
Simon Jarvis Times Literary Supplement An imaginative, deeply learned, and passionately argued book. The thinking and writing are sustained throughout at exceptionally high levels... The book makes an original and important contribution to Blake ... Read more
Simon Jarvis Times Literary Supplement An imaginative, deeply learned, and passionately argued book. The thinking and writing are sustained throughout at exceptionally high levels... The book makes an original and important contribution to Blake ... Read more