“asking with tears forgiveness”: Weeping as 'gentling' in Blake's Milton
In this article I wish to counter a critical perception of Blake as a ‘hard’ and unforgiving poet through a reading of his epic Milton as a conscious study in the nature of forgiveness. Specifically, I frame Blake's model of forgiveness as integral to his belief that every human has an inherent...
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Language: | English |
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Wiley
2014
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