Blake and Modern Literature
Also by Edward Larrissy: READING TWENTIETH CENTURY POETRY: THE LANGUAGE OF GENDER AND OBJECTS ROMANTICISM AND POSTMODERNISM (editor) WILLIAM BLAKE YEATS THE POET: THE MEASURES OF DIFFERENCE
Blake and Modern Literature Edward Larrissy
* Edward Larrissy 2006 Softcover reprint ofthe hardcover 1st edition 2006 978-1-4039-4176-3 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London wn 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published in 2006 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin's Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-52104-3 ISBN 978-0-230-62744-4 (ebook) DOI 10.1057/9780230627444 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Larrissy, Edward. Blake and modern literature / Edward Larrissy. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4039-4176-3 (cloth) 1. Blake,William, 1757-1827 -Influence. 2. Literature, Modern - 20th century - History and criticism. 3. English literature - 20th century - History and criticism. I. Title PR4148.152L372006 821'.7-dc22 2006042625 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 Transferred to digital printing in 2007.
Contents Acknowledgements vi 1 Introduction: Blake Between Romanticism, Modernism and Postmodernism 2 Zoas and Moods: Myth and Aspects of the Mind in Blake and Yeats 3 Eliot Between Blake and Yeats 4 Blake and Oppositional Identity in Yeats, Auden and Dylan Thomas 5 Blake and Joyce 6 'Deposits' and 'Rehearsals': Repetition and Redemption in The Anathemata of David Jones: A Comparison and Contrast with Blake 7 Blake, Postmodernity and Postmodernism 8 Joyce Cary: Getting it from the Horse's Mouth 100 9 Two American Disciples of Blake: Robert Duncan and Allen Ginsberg 108 10 Postmodern Myths and Lies: lain Sinclair and Angela Carter 125 11 Salman Rushdie, Myth and Postcolonial Romanticism 146 12 Conclusion 156 Appendix 157 Notes 158 Bibliography 171 Index 178 1 18 28 37 56 70 80 v
Acknowledgements An earlier version of Chapter 2 appeared in Myth and the Making of Modernity: The Problem of Grounding in Early Twentieth-Century Literature, ed. Michael Bell and Peter Poellner (Amsterdam and Atlanta GA: Rodopi, 1998); Chapter 6, in David Jones: Artist and Poet (Warwick Studies in the European Humanities), ed. Paul Hills (Aldershot: Scolar, 1997); and Chapter 7 in Palgrave Advances in William Blake Studies, ed. Nicholas Williams (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 200S). This book was supported by the AHRC. The AHRC funds postgraduate training and research in the arts and humanities, from archaeology and English literature to design and dance. The quality and range of research supported not only provides social and cultural benefits but also contributes to the economic success of the UK. For further information on the AHRC, please see the website www.ahrc.ac.uk Arts & Humanities Research Council vi