Lotteries in Colonial America
Lotteries in Colonial America

Author: Neal Millikan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2011-05-09

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 1136674462

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Lotteries in Colonial America examines the role lotteries played in the economic life of the colonies, as an alternative form of raising revenue for public and private projects that was utilized from the founding of Jamestown to the financing of the American Revolution.

William Blake’s Comic Vision
William Blake’s Comic Vision

Author: N. Rawlinson

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2002-11-05

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0230287239

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Blake's comic brilliance has been variously dismissed as the nervous ramblings of a neglected genius, the tomfool doodles of a distracted youngster, or a crude tool for destabilizing textual authority. But, for the eighteenth century, comedy played a pivotal role in debates on aesthetics, education, spirituality and morality. This exciting new study blends a close reading of Blake's early work with fascinating historical research to demonstrate that the comic was an essential component of Blake's artistic Vision.