My Business Is to Create: Blake's Infinite Writing

by Eric G. Wilson

For William Blake, living is creating, conforming is death, and "the imagination . . . is the Human Existence itself." But why are imagination and creation--so vital for Blake--essential for becoming human? And what is imagination? What is creation? How do we create? Blake had answers for these questions, both in word and in deed, answers that serve as potent teachings for aspiring writers and accomplished ones alike. Eric G. Wilson's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587299909
• ISBN13: 9781587299902
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: University of Iowa Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.6"