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Sibylle Erle on William Blake’s Visionary Heads

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VAVO Member Sibylle Erle, Reader in English Literature at Bishop Grosseteste University recently published a two-part series on the British Association for Romantic Studies Blog about William Blake’s Visionary Heads in celebration of the bicentenary of their creation in September 1820. Part 1 is about Blake’s drawing of Pindar the Greek Poet and Lais the Courtesan, drawn on 18 September 1820. Part 2 is about the Visionary Heads and Blake’s attitude to death. Continue reading Sibylle Erle on William Blake’s Visionary Heads

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Mujeres conciencia (Women’s Awareness): Leonora Carrington’s Agit-prop by Catriona McAra and Jonathan P. Eburne

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Network member Catriona McAra, and Jonathan P. Eburne are co-editors of Leonora Carrington and the international avant-garde (Manchester University Press, 2018). Here, they write about Carrington’s poster for the women’s liberation movement Mujeres conciencia.  First published on the Manchester University Press … Continue reading Mujeres conciencia (Women’s Awareness): Leonora Carrington’s Agit-prop by Catriona McAra and Jonathan P. Eburne

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Publication spotlight: ‘The Visionary Art of William Blake’ by Naomi Billingsley

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We are pleased to share this article about Naomi’s book, which first published in the University of Manchester’s Arts Research Issue 12 (June 2019).    ‘Jesus & his Apostles & Disciples were all Artists.’   So wrote William Blake (1757–1827) … Continue reading Publication spotlight: ‘The Visionary Art of William Blake’ by Naomi Billingsley