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Witness Against the Beast: William Blake and the Moral Law is a 1993 book by the British historian E. P. Thompson in which Thompson contextualizes the work of the otherwise enigmatic poet and painter William Blake.
Aug 15, 2022 · Witness against the beast : William Blake and the moral law. by. Thompson, E. P. (Edward Palmer), 1924-1993. Publication date. 1993. Topics. Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Political and social views, Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Religion, Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Ethics, Blake, William, 1757-1827, Blake, William 1757-1827, Blake, William, ...
Aug 1, 1993 · Witness Against the Beast is a groundbreaking interdisciplinary study in which the renowned social historian E. P. Thompson contends that most of the assumptions scholars have made about William Blake are misleading and unfounded.
Oct 13, 1994 · Witness Against the Beast: William Blake and the Moral Law. E. P. Thompson. Cambridge University Press, Oct 13, 1994 - Biography & Autobiography - 234 pages. E. P. Thompson's long-awaited book on...
Witness Against the Beast is consistently true to Blake’s commitment to such culture (to dispense with inverted commas), broadening our understanding of Blake’s political and religious interests by viewing them as components of his creative work.
Written with a vivid passion, and bearing the marks of Thompson's lifelong struggle against authoritarian and anti-humanitarian politics both at the level of the individual and of the state, Witness Against the Beast: William Blake and the Moral Law is a profound enquiry into the structure of Blake's thought and the character of his sensibility.
Nov 1, 1993 · Written with a vivid passion, and bearing the marks of Thompson's lifelong struggle against authoritarian and anti-humanitarian politics both at the level of the individual and of the state, Witness Against the Beast: William Blake and the Moral Law is a profound enquiry into the structure of Blake's thought and the character of his sensibility.