{"product_id":"witness-against-the-beast-william-blake-and-the-moral-law-paperback-9780521469777","title":"Witness against the Beast; William Blake and the Moral Law (Paperback) 9780521469777","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWitness against the Beast\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWilliam Blake and the Moral Law\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst paperback edition of one of E. P. Thompson's best and most deeply felt works.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eE. P. Thompson (Author), Christopher Hill (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521469777, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 13 October 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e284 pages, 20 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.4 x 13.8 x 2 cm, 0.401 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'A stunning, undoubtedly major work.' Anarchist Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eE. 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 first time in paperback.  Written with a vivid passion, and bearing the marks of Thompson's lifelong struggle against authoritarian and anti-humanitarian politics both at the level of the individual and of the state, Witness Against the Beast: William Blake and the Moral Law is a profound enquiry into the structure of Blake's thought and the character of his sensibility. Its qualities are among those which place Thompson himself in the same tradition of dissenting values and non-conforming radicalism represented by Blake some two hundred years earlier.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword Christopher Hill\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Inheritance: 1. Works or faith?\u003cbr\u003e 2. Antinomianisms\u003cbr\u003e 3. The 'Ranting' impulse\u003cbr\u003e 4. The polite witness\u003cbr\u003e 5. Radical dissent\u003cbr\u003e 6. A peculiar people\u003cbr\u003e 7. Anti-hegemony\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1. The Muggletonian archive\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2. William Blake's mother\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Human Images: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 8. The new Jerusalem Church\u003cbr\u003e 9. 'The Divine Image'\u003cbr\u003e 10. From innocence to experience\u003cbr\u003e 11. 'London'\u003cbr\u003e 12. 'The Human Abstract'\u003cbr\u003e 13. Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20poetry%20\u0026amp;%20poets%20%5BDSC%5D%22\"\u003eDSC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000202449176,"sku":"9780521469777","price":20.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521469777i_454a4355-cdca-44b1-bc56-9e53e29ca946.jpg?v=1691382617","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/witness-against-the-beast-william-blake-and-the-moral-law-paperback-9780521469777","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}