Representation and Repetition in William Blake’s Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion
Representation and Repetition in William Blake’s Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion
Author(s): Lubomir TerzievSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Jewish studies, Studies of Literature, History of Judaism, Translation Studies, Theory of Literature, British Literature
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: Blake; Benjamin; representation; repetition; spectre; apocalypse.
Summary/Abstract: Taking its cue from Goldsmith’s opposition between representation and apocalypse, in what follows I want to suggest that part of the mythical narrative that unfolds in Jerusalem occupies a borderline space between representation and repetition, and it is in this space that the Benjaminian now-time (Jetztzeit) of the poem constitutes itself. Out of the myriad motifs and storylines in the poem, I will focus on the relationship between Los – arguably thecentral character of Blake’s mythos in this poem – and his spectre. I believe that an analysis of this nexus will illustrate my point about the constitutive borderline space between representation and repetition.
Journal: Studia Philologica Universitatis Velikotarnovensis
- Issue Year: 43/2025
- Issue No: 3.1
- Page Range: 153-160
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
