'Devouring Fiery Kings': William Blake and the Politics of Apotheosis
This thesis examines the previously unrecognised importance of apotheosis as both a concept and a trope in Blake's literary and artistic works. Apotheosis can be defined as the transformation ofa human into a god or demi-god, most often figured posthumously as the ascension of the hero's s...
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University of Oxford
2007
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.487188 |