Blake's songs - symbols of slavery.
Medium
Periodical Article
Medium
- part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Feb2021 (Volume) 91
Classif
820 EMA
Subject
English literature
Page
46 - 48
Authors
Mold, Simon
Contents
Blake's poetry speaks out against all kinds of enslavement of human beings, mental and emotional as well as physical. The author puts this in the context of the 1790s and Blake's awareness of the horrors of the slave trade itself.
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