Blake, Postmodernity and Postmodernism

Larrissy, Edward

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“…In his recent survey of Blake and postmodernism, Larrissy provides some apposite remarks on the historical context that informs critical considerations of this topic, noting the impact of Husserl's phenomenology, structuralism and the works of Merleau-Ponty and Derrida on conceptualisations of Blake. 15 What the above discussion indicates is that Blake himself can be seen as a participant in the very philosophical trajectory which is retrospectively applied to his work in the guise of subsequent literary theory. Of course, this claim in no way undermines the validity of applying new theoretical perspectives to Blake's works -even if these works were purely 'literary', only the most naïve and impoverished theoretical apparatus would be incapable of responding creatively to the singularities of its subject of study.…”

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‘He Who has Suffered You to Impose on Him’: Blake, Derrida and the Question of Theory

Green

2007

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This article discusses William Blake's relationship with contemporary literary theory, including an overview of Blake scholarship with particular regard to studies informed by deconstruction, feminism and Marxism. It is suggested that not only can Blake's works be viewed through the lens of theory, but they can also be seen to contribute to theoretical debates themselves. The paper argues in favour of a historically sensitive consideration of Blake as a theorist, contextualising his work not only within a larger history of ideas, but also within its social and political context. The final section of the article specifically examines the interconnectedness of key aspects of the works of Blake and Derrida -concerning the messianic, mental war, the friend/enemy dichotomy, the response to the other, and the relationship between the particular and universal -and argues that these cannot be understood without reference to the context in which we read today.

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Section: Reading Blake Through Theorymentioning

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‘He Who has Suffered You to Impose on Him’: Blake, Derrida and the Question of Theory

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2007

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Blake, Postmodernity and Postmodernism

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‘He Who has Suffered You to Impose on Him’: Blake, Derrida and the Question of Theory

‘He Who has Suffered You to Impose on Him’: Blake, Derrida and the Question of Theory

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