In this work the Leavises argue (radically modifying the view stated in The Great Tradition) that Dickens was an inheritor of Shakespeare
and Blake
, and a major influence on the formation of the...
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Mary Butts
Early in the memoir, she discusses her family's relationship with William Blake
and the influence of his art on her life. She claims that just one of his artistic works possessed her, and its hold...
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Marghanita Laski
ML
defines ecstasy as experiences that are joyful, transitory, unexpected, rare, valued, and extraordinary to the point of often seeming as if derived from a praeternatural source.
Laski, Marghanita. Ecstasy: A Study of Some Secular and Religious Experiences. Cresset Press.
