The biblical presence in Shakespeare, Milton, and Blake : a comparative study / Harold Fisch.
The biblical presence in Shakespeare, Milton, and Blake : a comparative study / Harold Fisch.
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Oxford [England] ; New York : Clarendon Press, 1999.
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1999.
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N820.93822/1
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xi, 331 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Pt. I. Shakespeare. 1. Julius Caesar: Stones or Men? 2. Antony and Cleopatra: Soldering up the Rift. 3. Hamlet: Thy Commandment All Alone. 4. King Lear: Organized Incoherence -- Pt. II. Milton. 5. Samson and the Poetics of Covenant. 6. Paradise Lost: Subtext and Supertext -- Pt. III. Blake. 7. Mock...
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Oxford [England] ; New York : Clarendon Press, 1999.
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England
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1999.
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Blake in his turn perceived these contradictions in the work of his predecessors, condemning both Shakespeare and Milton for allowing their writing to be curbed by Greek and Latin models and claiming for himself a more authentic inspiration - that of 'the Sublime of the Bible'. But Blake's marvellous achievements in the sublime mode, as for instanc...
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The biblical presence in Shakespeare, Milton, and Blake : a comparative study / Harold Fisch.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N820.93822/1
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0198184891 (acid-free paper)
9780198184898 (hb : acid-free paper)
0198184891 (hb : acid-free paper)
9780198184898 (acid-free paper)
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820.93822
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991012138939702626