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[[The Continental Prophecies are a group of poems by William Blake that have been subject of numerous studies due to their recurrent and unorthodox use political, literary and sexual metaphors.^[1] They consist in America, Europe and The Song of Los (Africa & Asia). Scholars such as Stephen Behrend have stressed the mutual interdependence of the series pointing out the subject of slavery as a recurrent motive.^[2] David V. Erdman called the Continental Prophesies a "spiritual history of the world".^[3]

External links

Blake Archive page

References

^ John Benjamin Pierce, The wond'rous art: William Blake and writing (Dickinson Univ Press, 2003), ISBN 0838639380
^ Stephen Behrendt, Reading William Blake (New York: St Martin's Press, 1992), page 127
^ W.H. Stevenson, ed., Blake: The Complete Poems, 2nd ed., text by David Erdman (London, Longman, 1989) Page 108

[1] John Benjamin Pierce, The wond'rous art: William Blake and writing (Dickinson Univ Press, 2003), ISBN 0838639380

[2] Stephen Behrendt, Reading William Blake (New York: St Martin's Press, 1992), page 127

[3] W.H. Stevenson, ed., Blake: The Complete Poems, 2nd ed., text by David Erdman (London, Longman, 1989) Page 108

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	The '''Continental ~~Prophesies~~''' are a group of poems by [[William Blake]] that have been subject of numerous studies due to their recurrent and [[unorthodox]] use political, literary and sexual [[metaphors]].<ref>John Benjamin Pierce, ''The wond'rous art: William Blake and writing'' (Dickinson Univ Press, 2003), ISBN 0838639380</ref> They consist in [[America a Prophecy\|America]], [[Europe]] and [[The Song of Los]] (Africa & Asia). Scholars such as Stephen Behrend have stressed the mutual interdependence of the series pointing out the subject of [[slavery]] as a recurrent motive.<ref>Stephen Behrendt, ''Reading William Blake'' (New York: St Martin's Press, 1992), page 127</ref> David V. Erdman called the Continental Prophesies a "spiritual history of the world".<ref>W.H. Stevenson, ed., ''Blake: The Complete Poems'', 2nd ed., text by David Erdman (London, Longman, 1989) Page 108</ref>		[[The '''Continental Prophecies''' are a group of poems by [[William Blake]] that have been subject of numerous studies due to their recurrent and [[unorthodox]] use political, literary and sexual [[metaphors]].<ref>John Benjamin Pierce, ''The wond'rous art: William Blake and writing'' (Dickinson Univ Press, 2003), ISBN 0838639380</ref> They consist in [[America a Prophecy\|America]], [[Europe]] and [[The Song of Los]] (Africa & Asia). Scholars such as Stephen Behrend have stressed the mutual interdependence of the series pointing out the subject of [[slavery]] as a recurrent motive.<ref>Stephen Behrendt, ''Reading William Blake'' (New York: St Martin's Press, 1992), page 127</ref> David V. Erdman called the Continental Prophesies a "spiritual history of the world".<ref>W.H. Stevenson, ed., ''Blake: The Complete Poems'', 2nd ed., text by David Erdman (London, Longman, 1989) Page 108</ref>

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