The Biblical Presence in Shakespeare, Milton, and Blake: A Comparative Study [Hardcover]

Harold Fisch (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0198184891 | ISBN-13: 978-0198184898 | Publication Date: February 25, 1999

The indebtedness of Shakespeare, Milton, and Blake to a common source, namely the Bible becomes a powerful tool for displaying three fundamentally different poetic options as well as three different ways of dealing with a conflict central to western culture. In this piercing study of the poetics of influence, Fisch gives detailed and original discussions of Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Hamlet, King Lear, Paradise Lost, Samson Agonistes, Blake's Milton, and Blake's illustrations to Job.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Fisch's close attention to text and his enormous erudition make this a valuable study."--Congress Monthly

"Few scholar-critics, perhaps none other, could have written this treasure of a book, at once broadly sweeping in its wise though radical judgments of three major Western authors and their milieux, and surgically incisive and startling in its readings of particular works....Readers will enjoy throughout the pleasure of recognition and the excitement of discovery....What a book!"--Choice

About the Author

Harold Fisch is Emeritus Professor of English at Bar-Ilan University.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (February 25, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198184891
• ISBN-13: 978-0198184898
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,368,743 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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