The Apocalypse in England: Revelation Unravelling, 1700-1834

by C. Burdon

Overview

The Apocalypse of John is perhaps the most alluring and dangerous text in any scripture. This study looks at English responses to it in political pamphlets and scholarly exegesis, in poetry and preaching and visual art. Those who set out to find enduring meaning in the book failed. Yet in the post-Christian re-writings of Revelation by Shelley and Blake, John's own dynamic of unveiling comes to life, subverting the structures of power and reading built on the visions of Patmos.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349397846
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	07/12/1997
Series:	Studies in Literature and Religion
Edition description:	1st ed. 1997
Pages:	251
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

CHRISTOPHER BURDON

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations - Preface - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - A Book Resisting Interpretation - Apocalypse and Reason - Prophecy and Poetry - Revelation and Revolution - Coleridge and the Limits of Interpretation - Re-writing Apocalypse: Shelley and Blake - The Half-unravelled Web - Select Bibliography - Index