In this interdisciplinary study, the social historian E.P. Thompson contends that most of the assumptions scholars have made about William Blake, the thinker and poet, are misleading and unfounded. Thompson suggests that the learned tradition that later adopted Blake as a canonical author was important only as the tradition against which he worked. Re-examining Blake's cultural milieu and intellectual background, Thompson brings a richness and clarity to Blake's poetic language and imagery.
- ISBN10 1565840585
- ISBN13 9781565840584
- Publish Date 30 January 1994 (first published 1 November 1993)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 27 January 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint The New Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 272
- Language English