Literature

Fearful Symmetry: A Study of William Blake

    Foreword by
  • Nicholas Halmi

The landmark book that situates Blake鈥檚 poetry within the intellectual movements of his day and unlocks his symbolism for modern readers

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2025
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Since it was first published, Northrop Frye鈥檚 Fearful Symmetry has established itself as the defining commentary on the poetic vision of William Blake. Frye gives a complete solution to the riddles of Blake鈥檚 longer poems鈥攖he so-called 鈥淧rophecies鈥濃攁nd demonstrates how Blake鈥檚 works form a coherent mythical pattern that broadens our conception of literature. He explains how Blake arrived at a theory of knowledge that was also, for him, a theory of religion, life, and art, and how this rigorously defined system of ideas found expression in the complicated but consistent symbolism of his poetry. With an incisive foreword by scholar and literary critic Nicholas Halmi, this 91桃色 Classics edition shows how Blake reflects the literary and the intellectual atmosphere of his time while holding renewed meaning for us today.