e-branch	Login My List - 0 Help
	Home   My Account/Renew Loans   Community Info   KidSearch   New Catalogue!

Search Advanced By Format By Number My Searches Can't Find it? Find Magazine Articles & more Problems?

Search:  Call NumberItem BarcodeBib NumberISBN/ISSN       Refine Search     > You're searching: Halifax Public Libraries

Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Higgs, John.     Subjects     Blake, William, 1757-1827     Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Political and social views.     Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Religion.     Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Psychology.     Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography.     Artists -- England -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Higgs, John.       by title:      William Blake vs. th...       by call number:      921 B636w     Search the Web     Higgs, John.     Blake, William, 1757-1827     Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Political and social views.     Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Religion.     Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Psychology.     Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography.     Artists -- England -- Biography.       MARC Display

William Blake vs. the world / John Higgs by Higgs, John. Pegasus Books, Ltd., 2022 Call #: 921 B636w Subjects Blake, William, 1757-1827   Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Political and social views.   Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Religion.   Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Psychology.   Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography.   Artists -- England -- Biography. ISBN:  9781639361533 (hc) Alternate title:  William Blake versus the world Edition:  1st Pegasus Books cloth ed. Description:  x, 390 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-372) and index Summary:  "A wild and unexpected journey through culture, science, philosophy, and religion to better understand the mercurial genius of William Blake. Poet, artist, and visionary, William Blake is an archetypal misunderstood genius. His life passed without recognition and he worked without reward, often mocked, dismissed and misinterpreted. Yet from his ignoble end in a pauper's grave, Blake now occupies a unique position as an artist who unites and attracts people from all corners of society -- a rare inclusive symbol of human identity. Blake famously experienced visions, and it is these that shaped his attitude toward politics, sex, religion, society, and art. Thanks to the work of neuroscientists and psychologists, we are now in a better position to understand what was happening inside that remarkable mind and gain a deeper appreciation of his brilliance. His timeless work, we will find, has never been more relevant. In William Blake vs the World we return to a world of riots, revolutions, and radicals; discuss movements from the Levellers of the sixteenth century to the psychedelic counterculture of the 1960s; and explore the latest discoveries in neurobiology, quantum physics, and comparative religion. Taking the reader on a wild adventure into unfamiliar territory, John Higgs places the bewildering eccentricities of a most singular artist into fascinating context. And although the journey begins with us trying to understand him, we will ultimately discover that it is Blake who helps us to understand ourselves." --Publisher. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Biography 921 B636w Core Collection - Adult Trace Add Copy to MyList

Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.