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Informationen zum Autor Magnus Ankarsjo is a visiting university lecturer and Research Fellow at the University of Buckingham in southeast England. Klappentext Over the last ten years the field of Blake studies has profited from new discoveries about Blake's life and work. This book examines the effect that Blake's mother's recently discovered Moravianism has had on our understanding of his poetry, and gives special attention to Moravianism and Swedenborgianism and their relation to his sexual politics. This is accomplished by a close reading of Blake's poetry, which examines in detail the subjects of religion, sex, and the attempted colonization of Africa by a Swedenborgian utopian group. Zusammenfassung Over the past years the field of Blake studies has profited from new discoveries about the life of Blake and his writings. This book examines the effect that Blake's mother's discovered Moravianism has had on our understanding of his poetry! and focuses on Moravianism and Swedenborgianism and their relation to his sexual politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Unitarians, Swedenborgians, Moravians 2. Blake's Religion 3. Blake's Sexuality 4. Blake's Utopian "Colony" Conclusion: "Moravian" Blake Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
