The Apocalypse in England - Revelation Unravelling, 1700-1834

The Apocalypse of John is perhaps the most alluring and dangerous text in any scripture. This study looks at English responses to it in political pamphlets and scholarly exegesis, in poetry and preaching and visual art. Those who set out to find enduring meaning in the book failed. Yet in the post-Christian re-writings of Revelation by Shelley and Blake, John's own dynamic of unveiling comes to life, subverting the structures of power and reading built on the visions of Patmos.

List of contents

List of Illustrations - Preface - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - A Book Resisting Interpretation - Apocalypse and Reason - Prophecy and Poetry - Revelation and Revolution - Coleridge and the Limits of Interpretation - Re-writing Apocalypse: Shelley and Blake - The Half-unravelled Web - Select Bibliography - Index

Product details

• Authors: C. Burdon, Christopher Burdon
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.07.1997
• EAN: 9780312165420
• ISBN: 978-0-312-16542-0
• No. of pages: 251
• Weight: 500 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 251 p. 8 illus.
• Series: Studies in Literature and Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science