My Business Is to Create Blake's Infinite Writing |
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| Author:
| Wilson, Eric G. |
| Series title: | Muse Bks. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-58729-990-2 |
| Publication Date: | May 2011 |
| Publisher: | University of Iowa Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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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
My Business Is to Create...
More Description 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 My Business Is to Create emulates Blake, presenting the great figure's theory of creativity as well as the practices it implies.