William Blake
Stephen C. Behrendt
319 Andrews; 472-1806
office: 2-3T, 2-4R and by appointment
Go here for a direct link to The Blake Archive
Tentative
Schedule
Aug 25 Introduction(s), procedures, background
Studying Blake in 2002: texts and technology
– The book, the library, and the Internet
– Research in the digital age
– Thinking about interdisciplinary art
– Blake's visual art
Sep 1 Poetical
Sketches
An
Island in the Moon
Sep 2 (F) --- Last day to drop this class and have it removed from your permanent record. After today all "drops" will be indicated by a "W" on yourpermanent record.
Sep 8 Songs of Innocence and of Experience, 1
–
Exploring an electronic edition on your own
–
Children's books (illustrated and not) in Blake's time
– Children's books in 2002
Individual electronic copies of Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Songs of Innocence, copy U, 1789 (Houghton Library): electronic edition
Songs of Innocence, copy B, 1789 (Library of Congress): electronic edition
Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy C, 1789, 1794 (Library of Congress): electronic edition
Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy F, 1789, 1794 (Yale Center for British Art): electronic edition
Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy R, 1795 (Fitzwilliam Museum): electronic edition
Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy L, 1795 (Yale Center for British Art): electronic edition
Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy Z, 1826 (Library of Congress): electronic edition
Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy AA, 1826 (Fitzwilliam Museum): electronic edition
–
tracing connections, intersections, resonances
Sep 22 The Book of Thel
– Blake and narrative
– Mary Wollstonecraft and feminism in Blake's time
Individual electronic copies of The Book of Thel:
- The Book of Thel, copy H, c. 1789 (Library of Congress): electronic edition
- The Book of Thel, copy J, c. 1789 (Houghton Library): electronic edition
- The Book of Thel, copy F, c. 1795 (Library of Congress): electronic edition
- The Book of Thel, copy O, c. 1818 (Library of Congress): electronic edition
Visions of the Daughters of Albion
– Blake and irony
Individual electronic copies of Visions of the Daughters of Albion:
- Visions of the Daughters of Albion, copy a, 1793 (Library of Congress): electronic edition
- Visions of the Daughters of Albion, copy A, 1793 (British Museum): electronic edition
Visions of the Daughters of Albion, copy C, c. 1793 (Glasgow University Library): electronic edition
Visions of the Daughters of Albion, copy J, c. 1793 (Library of Congress): electronic edition
Visions of the Daughters of Albion, copy F, c. 1794 (Pierpont Morgan Library): electronic edition
Visions of the Daughters of Albion, copy G, c. 1795 (Houghton Library): electronic edition
Visions of the Daughters of Albion, copy P, c. 1818 (Fitzwilliam Museum): electronic edition
Sep 29 The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
– What is prophecy?
– What is satire?
– What do we need to know to read MHH more effectively?
Individual electronic copies of The Marriage of Heaven and Hell:
- The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, copy C, 1790 (Pierpont Morgan Library): electronic edition
- The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, copy H, c. 1790 (Fitzwilliam Museum): electronic edition
- The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, copy F, c. 1794 (Pierpont Morgan Library): electronic edition
- The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, copy D, c. 1795 (Library of Congress): electronic edition
- The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, copy G, c. 1818 (Houghton Library): electronic edition
- The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, copy I, 1827 (Library of Congress): electronic edition
A Vision of the Last Judgment
– representing the Last Judgment
– millennarianism in the 1790s
Oct 6 America:
A Prophecy
– Blake and the uses of history
–
English attitudes toward the American Revolution
–
History and myth
Individual electronic copies of America: A Prophecy:
- America a Prophecy, copy E, 1793 (Library of Congress): electronic edition
- America a Prophecy, copy A, 1795 (Pierpont Morgan Library): electronic edition
- America a Prophecy, copy M, c. 1807 (Yale Center for British Art): electronic edition
- America a Prophecy, copy O, 1821 (Fitzwilliam Museum): electronic edition
Oct 13 Europe: A Prophecy
– Blake and the history of the world
– English attitudes toward the French Revolution
Individual electronic copies of Europe: A Prophecy:
- Europe: a Prophecy, copy B, 1794 (Glasgow University Library): electronic edition
- Europe: a Prophecy, copy E, 1794 (Library of Congress): electronic edition
- Europe a Prophecy, copy H, 1795 (Houghton Library): electronic edition
- Europe: a Prophecy, copy K, 1821 (Fitzwilliam Museum): electronic edition
The Song of Los
Individual Electronic copies of The Song of Los:
- The Song of Los, copy A, 1795 (British Museum): electronic edition
- The Song of Los, copy B, 1795 (Library of Congress): electronic edition
- The Song of Los, copy D, 1795 (British Museum): electronic edition
Oct
14 (F) – Last day to change
your registration for this or any other course to or from "Pass / No Pass"
Oct 20 The
Book of Urizen
– Blake, Genesis, and the Bible
– illustrated bibles
Romantic nonconformist ChristianityIndividual Electronic copies of The Book of Urizen
- The First Book of Urizen, copy A, 1794 (Yale Center for British Art): electronic edition
- The First Book of Urizen, copy C, 1794 (Yale Center for British Art): electronic edition
- The First Book of Urizen, copy F, 1794 (Houghton Library): electronic edition
- The First Book of Urizen, copy B, 1795 (Pierpont Morgan Library): electronic edition
The Book of Urizen, copy G, c. 1818 (Library of Congress): electronic edition
The Book of Ahania
Electronic copy of The Book of AhaniaThe Book of Los
Electronic copy of The Book of Los
Oct 27 Milton
– Milton's reputation in the 18th century
–
Blake's
Milton illustrations
--
also his illustrations to Paradise
Lost
Electronic copy of Milton: A Poem
Nov 3 Milton
Laocoön
Electronic copy of Laocöon
Nov 10
NO CLASS MEETING TONIGHT
Nov 11 (F) Last day to withdraw from this or any other any course for the semester
Nov 17 Jerusalem
Electronic copy of Jerusalem
Nov 24 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY NO
CLASS MEETING TONIGHT
Dec 1 Research, creativity, and Blake
Individual Presentations, 1
Dec 8 Individual
Presentations
Conclusion(s)
Course
evaluation