Blake, Myth, and Enlightenment : The Politics of Apotheosis (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

Introduction: 'A saint amongst the infidels & a heretic with the orthodox'.- 1. 'The deep indelible stain': Apotheosis in the Eighteenth Century.- 2. 'Spirits of fire': Ambiguous Figures in The French Revolution.- 3. 'Breathing! Awakening!': Contesting and Transforming Apotheosis in America a Prophecy.- 4. 'The night of holy shadows': Europe and Loyalist Reaction.- 5. 'Serpentine dissimulation': Apotheosis in Urizen , Ahania and The Song of Los .- 6. 'The Name of the Wicked Shall Rot': Blake's Oriental Apotheoses of Nelson and Pitt.- 7. Transforming Apotheosis in The Four Zoas and Milton .- 8. 'Ever expanding in the bosom of God': Deification and Apotheosis in Jerusalem.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.-