{"product_id":"blake-in-our-time-1","title":"Blake in Our Time","description":"\u003cem\u003eBlake in Our Time\u003c\/em\u003e explores the work of British poet and artist William Blake in the context of the material culture of his era. In the 1960s, University of Toronto scholar G.E. Bentley, Jr almost singlehandedly shifted the focus of Blake criticism from formalism and symbolism to the materiality that contextualizes Blake's work.\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing in the footsteps of Bentley's pioneering scholarship, this collection, richly illustrated, demonstrates that the locus of Blake's work lies in the elements that are historically particular to his place and time. Topics include the impact of the town of Chichester on Blake's imagination, the material processes of Blake's painting, the detection of a Blake forgery, and new biographical materials, using archives and online resources, on Blake's contemporaries, patrons, peers, and friends. Essays on the importance of Blake collections world-wide, on variant printings, and on the heirs of Blake in British painting extend the focus of this remarkable investigation to include chalcography and book history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Edited by Karen Mulhallen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53617610523004,"sku":"9781442687110","price":68.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781442687110.jpg?v=1731031045","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/blake-in-our-time-1","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}