Roger Whitson will discuss Blake's visionary physics in May, while Annise Rogers will explore the impact of Samson Agonistes on Blake
Starting with his 1968 book Visionary Physics and continuing through his unpublished work, Donald Ault’s research on William Blake can be understood as so many visionary experiments on the aesthetics and ontology of scientific facts. This talk will also consider what the philosopher Bruno Latour calls a fact’s sceneography: a presentation or arrangement of facts that shifts “attention from the stage [of science] to the whole machinery of a theater”. Roger Whitson will present on Blake and Visionary Physics on 13 May, 2024 at 19.00-20.00.
Connections between the works of John Milton and William Blake have been discussed in detail by many writers, and the latter sometimes being regarded as a contemporary version of the former. These connections usually focus on the poetical works of Milton, most especially Paradise Lost, whereas connections between Blake’s works and Milton’s poetical-prose tragedy Samson Agonistes are much more sparse. The same can be said of readings of Blake that deal with his earliest poetical work Poetical Sketches, for they are rare, or they easily gloss over these poems as works of juvenilia, being outside Blake’s mythical structure. This talk considers the start of an individual which he would continue to grapple with for the rest of his life. A fallen human hero that would help him in the creation of two of his most famous characters – Orc and Albion. Annise Rogers will discuss Milton and Blake's Samson on 10 June, 2024 at 19.00-20.00.
Times given are London-standard time (GMT/BST).
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