
The Narrative Structure of William Blake's Poem Jerusalem: A Revisionist Interpretation of the Text and Poems
Author(s): R. Paul Yoder (Author)
- Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 Mar. 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 208 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780773436404
- ISBN-13: 0773436405
Book Description
this book argues that William Blake’s last major poem, Jerusalem, possesses a narrative structure. this argument runs contray to the critical consensus that sees the poem as possessing a ‘synchronic’ Structure in which the events of the poem all occur simultaneously rather than sequentially.
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this book argues that William Blake’s last major poem, Jerusalem, possesses a narrative structure. this argument runs contray to the critical consensus that sees the poem as possessing a ‘synchronic’ Structure in which the events of the poem all occur simultaneously rather than sequentially.
About the Author
Dr. Yoder is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He is the author of several articles on Blake, John Milton, Alexander Pope, Thomas Gray, Samuel Richardson and William Wordsworth. In 2009 he received the university-wide UALR Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching.
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