ABSTRACT

First published in 1927 (this edition in 1967), this book is about Blake, his symbols, and their meanings. As Ward says in his forward, the volume goes beyond Blake, becoming universal and timeless, and is about Religion.  Plowman’s book presents itself, not as a critical text, but an interpretative one, and the study therefore illuminates the work of the author, as well as that of William Blake.

chapter I|11 pages

Corporeal Understanding

chapter II|12 pages

The Imaginative Image

chapter III|15 pages

The Use of Symbols

chapter IV|14 pages

A Reasonable Man

chapter V|13 pages

The Circle of Happiness

chapter VI|18 pages

Two Examples

chapter VII|15 pages

The Divine Imagination

chapter VIII|13 pages

The Human Instinct

chapter IX|21 pages

The Beams Of Love

chapter X|15 pages

Forgiveness Of Sins