Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Parker, Lisa Karee Author's Email Address lisakaree@hotmail.com URN etd-11302006-120306 Title A World of Our Own: William Blake and Abolition Degree Master of Arts Department English Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Christine Gallant Committee Chair LeeAnne Richardson Committee Member Paul Schmidt Committee Member Keywords
- The Visions of the Daughters of Albion
- Songs of Innocence and Experience
- John Gabriel Stedman
- Slavery
- William Blake
Date of Defense 2006-11-17 Availability unrestricted Abstract This thesis examines the influence of the abolition debates on two of William Blake’s early writings, “The Little Black Boy” and The Visions of the Daughters of Albion. It also considers Blake’s engravings for John Gabriel Stedman’s Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam as proof of his abolitionist interest. Chapter one provides an overview of current Romantic criticism which situates Blake and other Romantic writers within a historical context. Chapter two summarizes the abolition movement in the late eighteenth century. Chapters three, four and five specifically discuss Blake’s work as abolitionist in intent.Files
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