Romantic Realignments is one of the longest-running research seminars in Oxford.

Past speakers have included Marilyn Butler, Gerard Carruthers, David Chandler, Heather Glen, Paul Muldoon, Philip Shaw, Fiona Stafford and Peter Swaab, to name but a few.

All are very welcome to submit an abstract — we aim to provide a friendly 'workshop' setting in which speakers can try out new papers as well as more finished pieces, and in which lively discussion can flourish.

Held on Thursdays at 5.15pm, Seminar Room A, St Cross (English Faculty) Building.

If you would like to send us an abstract or suggest a speaker, please contact the current convenors Katherine Fender, Sarah Goode and Honor Rieley at: romantic.realignments@gmail.com

30/05/2010

>>No Realignment this week. Get your Romantic Fix at 10am

Kate Barush on 'Blake's Illuminated Manuscripts'
10am Thursday 3 June, English Faculty, LT2


Blake printed his poetry in a unique, striking, and beautiful manner, and the experience of his works as artefacts and artistic productions as well as text is crucial to understanding them. This lecture will introduce and explain the methods through which Blake produced his illuminated books and their importance to his mythopoesis, as well as providing the interpretative tools necessary to discuss and analyse Blake's unique composite art. Blake's artistic background and training will be explained, key works examined, and his oppositional iconography and stylistic devices explored. This will be an engaging and valuable session to those interested in Blake and/or illuminated texts.

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