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. Brilliantly reexamining Blake's cultural milieu and intellectual background, Thompson detects in Blake's poetry a repeated call to resist the usury and commercialism of the "e;Antichrist"e; embodied by contemporary society-to "e;witness against the beast."e;
| ISBN: | 9781620972144 |
| Publication date: | 23rd May 2017 |
| Author: | Thompson, E. P. |
| Publisher: | The New Press |
| Format: | Ebook |
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.
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Witness Against the Beast was written by Thompson, E. P. and published by The New Press
£17.99. Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply..