William Blake’s Milton a Poem as a conversion narrative in the Behmenist tradition
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William Blake’s Milton a Poem as a conversion narrative in the Behmenist tradition. / Jessen, Elisabeth Engell.
In: Literature and Theology, 30.12.2014, p. 1-16.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - William Blake’s Milton a Poem as a conversion narrative in the Behmenist tradition
AU - Jessen, Elisabeth Engell
N1 - Literature and Theology Advance Access published December 30, 2014
PY - 2014/12/30
Y1 - 2014/12/30
N2 - The term ‘conversion narrative’ lacks proper definition and can be understoodmore broadly than is often the case, underlining its fictive nature. I show this by reading William Blake’s Milton a Poem as a conversion narrative, exploring how Blake weaves a wider discourse of conversion around the conversion of his protagonist Milton that forms the narrative backbone of the book. This wider discourse shows us glimpses of Paul’s conversion and conversion in Jakob Boehme’s writings. The result is a work that challenges the idea of a conversion narrative as focussing on the author’s past experience, showing how its ultimate focus is, instead, on the reader.
AB - The term ‘conversion narrative’ lacks proper definition and can be understoodmore broadly than is often the case, underlining its fictive nature. I show this by reading William Blake’s Milton a Poem as a conversion narrative, exploring how Blake weaves a wider discourse of conversion around the conversion of his protagonist Milton that forms the narrative backbone of the book. This wider discourse shows us glimpses of Paul’s conversion and conversion in Jakob Boehme’s writings. The result is a work that challenges the idea of a conversion narrative as focussing on the author’s past experience, showing how its ultimate focus is, instead, on the reader.
KW - Faculty of Theology
KW - William Blake
KW - Omvendelse
U2 - 10.1093/litthe/fru067
DO - 10.1093/litthe/fru067
M3 - Journal article
SP - 1
EP - 16
JO - Literature and Theology
JF - Literature and Theology
SN - 0269-1205
ER -
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