William Blake vs the World

Zusatztext [Higgs's] is a systematising imagination, able to harness disparate elements and find the patterns that animate them Informationen zum Autor John Higgs is the author I HAVE AMERICA SURROUNDED, THE KLF, STRANGER THAN WE CAN IMAGINE, WATLING STREET, THE FUTURE STARTS HERE, WILLIAM BLAKE NOW, WILLIAM BLAKE VS THE WORLD and LOVE AND LET DIE. He lives in Brighton. Klappentext 'Fascinating' The Times 'Blakeian in its singularity' New Statesman 'A wonderful adventure' Irish Times 'Rich, complex and original' Tom Holland 'A crisp, ambitious and thoroughly contemporary introduction' Times Literary Supplement Poet, artist, visionary and author of the unofficial English national anthem 'Jerusalem', William Blake is an archetypal misunderstood genius. In this radical new biography, we return to a world of riots, revolutions and radicals, discuss movements from the Levellers of the sixteenth century to the psychedelic counterculture of the 1960s, and explore the latest discoveries in neurobiology, quantum physics and comparative religion to look afresh at Blake's life and work - and, crucially, his mind. Taking the reader on wild detours into unfamiliar territory, John Higgs places the bewildering eccentricities of a most singular artist into context and shows us how Blake can help us better understand ourselves. Vorwort A wild and unexpected journey through culture, science, philosophy and religion to better understand the mercurial genius William Blake in the twenty-first century Zusammenfassung A wild and unexpected journey through culture, science, philosophy and religion to better understand the mercurial genius William Blake in the twenty-first century

Product details

• Authors: John Higgs
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 05.05.2022
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries
• EAN: 9781474614368
• ISBN: 978-1-4746-1436-8
• Pages: 400
• Dimensions (packing): 12.8 x 19.6 x 3.4 cm
• Subjects: Art History, Literary Studies, History of Ideas, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spiritualism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, Kate Tempest, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Mysticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Religious, Criticism, Spirituality & religious experience, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Mysticism, magic & ritual, Spirituality and religious experience, Mysticism, magic and occult interests, Literary History, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Oil painting, Kae Tempest, Spiritual Mysticism, punk poetry, john cooper clarke, peter ackroyd, stranger than we can imagine, The Future Starts Here, watling street, i have america surrounded, david keenan, the klf, songs of innocence and experience, Biography Novelists Poets and Playwrights, Kathleen Raine, William Blake biography, Blake Poems, Jeremy Deller, Blake Illustrated, Eternity's Sunrise Leo Damrosch, Art Architecture Photography History Criticism, Poetry Drama Criticism History, Blake Paintings, Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt, Poetry Poets, John Milton Biography, Dante's Divine Comedy Drawings, The Luckiest Guy Alive, Blake Art, Dante Biography, Literary Theory and Movements, biography artists architects and photographers, Use of Ornament, Criticism on Novels and Novelists, Religion and Spirituality Christianity Mysticism, biography religious, 3D Graphic Design, Blake Bailey Philip Roth the Biography, Art Architecture and Photography Drawing Figure Drawing, Mind Body and Spirit Other Religious and Spiritual Practices Mysticism, Key Poetry and Drama Critics, Art Architecture and Photography Graphic Arts Lithography Printmaking Techniques, Use of Colour