Reading William Blake (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333524848)

William Blake's illuminated poems challenge their readers to participate fully in a highly interactive process of reading. The complex interaction of their verbal and visual texts forces the involved reader to assume greater responsibility than usual for formulating meaning. This book examines some of the ways in which Blake's illuminated poems subvert the customary authority of texts and force readers to reassess both their expectations about reading and their customary responses to words and visual images alike.

Author: S. Behrendt
ISBN-10: 0333524845
ISBN-13: 9780333524848
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 03/30/1992
Pages: 212
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d