{"product_id":"madness-and-blakes-myth-paul-youngquist-9780271026756","title":"Madness and Blake's Myth","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book offers the first systematic study of madness and its significance for the poetry of William Blake. Blake's reputation as an artist was long clouded by suspicions of madness. Although the great victory of his modern critics has been to see his work clearly, unobstructed by this prejudice, criticism now runs the risk of vindicating Blake the poet at the expense of understanding certain elements of his poetry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMadness and Blake's Myth\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul Youngquist argues that, in its thematic content and dramatic method, Blake's myth is about madness. From the early lyrics to the late epic-prophecies, Blake repeatedly dramatizes the dissociation of a unified mind in a manner that comes increasingly to resemble the major symptoms of mental illness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Drawing upon recent clinical and philosophical inquiries, Youngquist shows how Blake makes poetry out of mental suffering; madness comes to operate in his myth as a metaphor for the Fall. For all its literary sophistication, however, Blake's mythology serves specific psychological needs, acquiring a therapeutic function for Blake personally as a defense against the madness it dramatizes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMadness and Blake's Myth \u003c\/i\u003eis a challenging reexamination of both a sophisticated literary achievement and the mind that conceived it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Youngquist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271026758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271026756\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.34w x 0.56d","brand":"Paul Youngquist","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483443933439,"sku":"9780271026756","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b6ba9a9f-932e-4356-8607-3132e62fee3b.jpg?v=1778038777","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/madness-and-blakes-myth-paul-youngquist-9780271026756","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}