| Description |
1 online resource (102 pages) |
| Series |
Muse books : the Iowa series in creativity & writing |
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Muse books : the Iowa series in creativity & writing
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| Contents |
Be an artist -- Contraries -- The ratio -- Minute particulars -- Looking -- Copy a great deal -- The infernal method -- Poetry unfetter'd -- Revising -- Innocence -- Play -- Experience -- Generation -- The fly -- Spiritual warfare -- Work -- Eternity -- Dictation -- The fourfold -- Infinite writing |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Blake, William, 1757-1827 fast |
| Subject |
Authorship -- Philosophy
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Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Authorship -- Philosophy
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Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781587299919 |
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1587299917 |
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