William Blake's Divine Love

William Blake's Divine Love explores the hermeneutical possibilities of Oothoon's self-annihilation and the epistemological potential of her visual copulation by establishing an artistic and hagiographical heritage.

Joshua Schouten de Jel is a doctoral graduate from the University of Plymouth, UK. He is the author of articles on William Blake, Mary Shelley, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau and is also the author of Blake and Lucretius: The Atomistic Materialism of the Selfhood (Palgrave, 2021).

Contents List of Abbreviations Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: 'The nakedness of women is the work of God' Chapter 3: The Tityus Tradition after Michelangelo Chapter 4: Divine Love: The Transverberation Chapter 5: L'Estasi di Santa Teresa Index