“I WALK WEEPING IN PANGS OF A MOTHERS TORMENT FOR HER CHILDREN”: Women's Laments in the Poetry and Prophecies of William Blake

Cross-cultural scholarship in ritual studies on women's laments provides us with a fresh vantage point from which to consider the function of women and women's complaining voices in the epic poems of William Blake. In this essay, I interpret Thel, Oothoon, and Enitharmon as strong voices o...

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Main Author: Hopkins, Steven P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2009
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2009, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 39-81
Further subjects:B ethics of witness
B William Blake
B Lament
B Redemption
B Prophecy
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