She did not take advantage of her opportunity to study theology while at the Anglican foundation of King's, but became interested in religion through reading philsophy and poetry from her father's library. Plotinus
, St Augustine
Intertextuality and Influence
Lucas Malet
The novel's title alludes to the biblical pronouncement that the wages of sin is death (a title which begs to be read ironically, since punishment catches up with each of LM
's sinners after acts...
Literary responses
Kathleen Raine
This book was welcomed by its first critics as a magnum opus of undeniable significance.Jacob Bronowski
defined its purpose as the establishment of Blake
's thought as part of the classical tradition of anti-materialist...
