The Wild Children of William Blake

The Wild Children of William Blake

Author: John Yau

Publisher:

Published: 2017-11

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9781570273247

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In the nearly fifty essays collected in The Wild Childrenof William Blake, John Yau explores the careers of a wide range of poets and artists who are, like the nineteenth century poet, dissenters from consensus--Wallace Berman, Alfred Starr Hamilton, Jay DeFeo, Hilma af Klint, Katherine Bradford, Barbara Takenaga, Forrest Bess, Emmet Gowin, Sophia Al-Maria, and Simon Gouverneur, to name but a few. Yau locates and defines a shared sensibility among his subjects whose work is often set at an oblique angle to the larger culture. He probes the reasons for this stance and its aesthetic consequences and, most provocatively, inspects the how and why behind the impulse to deflect their importance. For instance, he asserts that Jay DeFeo's masterwork, The Rose, "calls many assumptions into question and challenges canonical thinking about what constitutes a major achievement in postwar art." This questioning marks each essay in the collection, a volume that sets out to reorder, if not outright dismantle, the exclusionary hierarchies that have dominated cultural discourse for decades. Blake's "wild children" are alive and well, and in Yau's nimble, intelligent prose their dissonance is exactingly parsed and joyously celebrated.


Other Sorrows, Other Joys

Other Sorrows, Other Joys

Author: Janet Warner

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2003-12-15

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 9780312314408

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A fictional account of the marriage of Catherine and William Blake follows an innocent Kate's ongoing search for an identity in the shadow of her husband's genius and his bohemian world of unconventional principles, visions, and free love.


All the Wild Wonders

All the Wild Wonders

Author: Wendy Cooling

Publisher: Frances Lincoln

Published: 2017-05-04

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9781847809940

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In this celebration of our Earth, distinguished anthologist Wendy Cooling has chosen poems to make children look, think, and ask questions. Why are trees so important? How are motorways damaging our countryside? What can we do about rubbish? What can we do to protect our Earth for the future? Strong, colourful illustrations combine to make this a gift book with a difference.


Witness Against the Beast

Witness Against the Beast

Author: E. P. Thompson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1994-10-13

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780521469777

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First paperback edition of one of E. P. Thompson's best and most deeply felt works.


Women Who Wrote

Women Who Wrote

Author: Louisa May Alcott

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 2020-06-09

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0785236279

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Meet the women who wrote. They wrote against all odds. Some wrote defiantly; some wrote desperately. Some wrote while trapped within the confines of status and wealth. Some wrote hand-to-mouth in abject poverty. Some wrote trapped in a room of their father’s house, and some went in search of a room of their own. They had lovers and families. They were sometimes lonely. Many wrote anonymously or under a pseudonym for a world not yet ready for their genius and talent. We know many of their names—Austen and Alcott, Brontë and Browning, Wheatley and Woolf—though some may be less familiar. They are here, waiting to introduce themselves. They marched through the world one by one or in small sisterhoods, speaking to each other and to us over distances of place and time. Pushing back against the boundaries meant to keep us in our place, they carved enough space for themselves to write. They made space for us to follow. Here they are gathered together, an army of women who wrote and an arsenal of words to inspire us. They walk with us as we forge our own paths forward. These women wrote to change the world. The perfect keepsake gift for the reader in your life Anthology of stories and poems Book length: approximately 90,000 words


Waiting on the Word

Waiting on the Word

Author: Malcolm Guite

Publisher: Canterbury Press

Published: 2015-08-31

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1848258003

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For every day from Advent Sunday to Christmas Day and beyond, the bestselling poet Malcolm Guite chooses a favourite poem from across the Christian spiritual and English literary traditions and offers incisive seasonal reflections on it. A scholar of poetry as well as a renowned poet himself, his knowledge is deep and wide and he offers readers a soul-food feast for Advent. Among the classic writers he includes are: George Herbert, John Donne, Milton, Tennyson,and Christina Rossetti,as well as contemporary poets like Scott Cairns, Luci Shaw, and Grevel Lindop. He also includes a selection of his own highly praised work.


BAX 2020

BAX 2020

Author: Seth Abramson

Publisher: Wesleyan University Press

Published: 2020-11-06

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 0819579599

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Best American Experimental Writing 2020, guest-edited by Joyelle McSweeney and Carmen Maria Machado, is the sixth edition of the critically acclaimed anthology series compiling an exciting mix of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and genre-defying work. Featuring a diverse roster of writers and artists culled from both established authors—including Anne Boyer and Alice Notley—as well as new and unexpected voices, like Kamden Hilliard and Kanika Agrawal, BAX 2020 presents an expansive view of today's experimental and high-energy writing practices. A perfect gift for discerning readers as well as an important classroom tool, Best American Experimental Writing 2020 is a vital addition to the American literary landscape.