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Hardcover Witness Against the Beast Book

ISBN: 1565840585

ISBN13: 9781565840584

Witness Against the Beast

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E. P. Thompson's long-awaited book on William Blake was published shortly after the historian's death in August 1993. Acclaimed as one of his best and most deeply felt works, it appears now for the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

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The Muggletonian Archive

This is an brilliant piece of literary criticism that should be of great interest to anyone interested in English radicalism and antinomianism. The real gem here -- the part that I have returned to read again and again-- are the appendices which include a short account titled "The Muggletonian Archive". Here E.P. Thompson recounts his meeting with "last Muggletonian", the last living adherent to a 17th century sect, and the role he played in seeing that the church's archives were preserved in the British Library. A great story. Thompson maintains, if I remember correctly, that Blake's mother may have been a Muggletonian and that songs and tropes from that tradition had a great influence on Blake's mythology. You do not need to be convinced by Thompson's argument to find this book engrossing and thought-provoking. Well worth seeking out.
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