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S/LI/555. To what extent does Blake challenge the notion of Scripture as monolithic authority?

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2011
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This paper examines the way in which William Blake challenges the notion of Scripture as monolithic authority. The paper examines this theme in relation to the theories put across by Jon Mee in Dangerous Enthusiasm: William Blake and the Culture of Radicalism in the 1790s. Blake’s views on religion are identified, as is the way in which Blake revised the Bible in his poetry.

 

KEYWORDS: William Blake, religion, poetry, the scripture, the Bible, Jon Mee, Dangerous Enthusiasm: William Blake and the Culture of Radicalism in the 1790s,

 
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