COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH AND STUDY GUIDE William 3lakc

BjOOMg POETS EDITED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HAROLD BLOOM CONTENTS

User's Guide 7 About the Editor 8 Editor's Note 9 Introduction 10 Biography of William Blake 12

Critical Analysis of "The Tyger" 17 Critical Views on "The Tyger" 20 Hazard Adams on Blake's System 20 John E. Grant's Questions for the Reader and Writer 22 Harold Pagliaro on the Changing View of "The Tyger" 26 Martin K. Nurmi on "Tyger" Revisions' Mirroring Changes 29 in Society Stewart Crehan on "The Tyger" as a Sign of Revolutionary 32 Times Morton D. Paley on Differing Viewpoints on "The Tyger" 34 Martin Price on Terror and Symmetry in "The Tyger" 38

Critical Analysis of "London" 41 Critical Views on "London" 44 David V. Erdman on People in Blake's "London" 44 Kenneth Johnston on the Vocabulary of Blake's "London" 47 E.P. Thompson on the Ways in Which Words Change "London" 49 John Beer on "London" as Open to Interpretation 51 Stewart Crehan on the Social System of "London" 54 Gavin Edwards on Repetition in "London" 57 Harold Bloom on Wandering Through "London" 61

Critical Analysis of "The Mental Traveller" 63 Critical Views on "The Mental Traveller" 66 Northrop Frye on "The Mental Traveller" as a Life Journey 66 John H. Sutherland on Irony and Oppression 68 David Wagenknecht on Blake's History 72 Harold Bloom on "The Mental Traveller" as Standing Alone 74 Alicia Ostriker on Sound and Structure 77 Victor Paananen on Nature 79 Nicholas Williams on the Unconditional, Non-traditional Blake 82 Critical Analysis of "The Crystal Cabinet" 86 Critical Views on "The Crystal Cabinet" 89

Irene H. Chayes on the Influence of Myth x 89 Robert E. Simmons on Blake's Balance 92 Hazard Adams on Innocence and Images 94 Victor N. Paananen on Sexual Expression * 97 Kathleen Raine on Alchemy in "The Crystal Cabinet" 99

Critical Analysis on "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" 103 Critical Views on "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" 107 Joseph Anthony Wittreich Jr. on Parody of Religious Writings 107 Max Plowman on Hope and Fear 110 David V. Erdman on Spirituality Versus Society 112 Harold Bloom on the Contraries in "The Marriage of Heaven 116 and Hell" W.J.T. Mitchell on the Marriage of Images and Words 120 Algernon Charles Swinburne on.Music and Meaning 124 Mark Bracher on How "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" 125 Changes the Reader

Works by William Blake 129 Works about William Blake 134 Acknowledgments 138 Index of Themes and Ideas 141