{"product_id":"blakes-agitation-9781421408064","title":"Blakes Agitation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe resulting picture of the emotional agency of criticism opens up a new angle on Blake's literary and visual legacy and offers a vivid interrogation of the practical potential of theoretical discourse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGoldsmith's subtle, complicated and counterintuitive study, flows out of what he calls a 'sustained interdisciplinary \"surge\" in the theoretical, historical and cognitive study of emotion.' -- Simon Jarvis Times Literary Supplement An imaginative, deeply learned, and passionately argued book. The thinking and writing are sustained throughout at exceptionally high levels... The book makes an original and important contribution to Blake studies. -- G.A. Rosso Blake\/An Illustrated Quarterly A major reading of Blake, a significant contribution to affect studies, and a provocative meditation on the state of the profession... Seeing critical reading s the interaction of agitation with slow time could offer a healing message for a divided profession, but there will always be those who are impatient to make a positive difference. Thanks to Steven Goldsmith's outstanding book, both sides can now find sustenance in the work of William Blake. -- David Simpson Modern Language Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Future of Enthusiasm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Devil's Party\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Blake's Agitation\u003cbr\u003e2. Blake's Virtue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: A Passion for Blake\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Critique of Emotional Intelligence\u003cbr\u003e3. \"On Anothers Sorrow\"\u003cbr\u003eToward an Auditory Imagination: Interlude on Kenzaburo Oe's Rouse Up O Young Men of the New Age\u003cbr\u003e4. Strange Pulse\u003cbr\u003eWordsworth's Pulsation Machine, or the Half-Life of Mary Hutchinson: Interlude on \"She was a Phantom of delight\"\u003cbr\u003e5. Criticism and the Work of Emotion\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eAppendix\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529526288727,"sku":"9781421408064","price":58.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421408064.jpg?v=1731875959","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/blakes-agitation-9781421408064","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}