DAVID WORRALL is Professor of English at Nottingham Trent University, UK. He is Associate Editor of Blake/An Illustrated Quarterly, and his previous books include The Urizon Books (1995) and Blake in the Nineties (1999) with Steve Clark. STEVE CLARK is currently Visiting Professor at Nara Women's University, Japan. His previous publications include Historicizing Blake and Blake in the Nineties, both co-edited with David Worrall, The Reception of Blake in the Orient (forthcoming, 2006), co-edited with Masashi Suzuki, and Blake, Modernity and P

'Worrall and Clark's previous collections played a key role in the historicist revolution in Blake studies, and the current book is no exception. The focus on nationalism and imperialism sketches in an under-represented portion of the historical picture for Blake. The list of contributors is exceptionally strong, with an even greater variety of approaches than in the earlier volumes.' - Nicholas M. Williams, Indiana University, USA

• List of Illustrations Preface Notes on the Contributors Abbreviations Introduction; S.Clark & D.Worrall Immortal Joy: William Blake and the Cultural Politics of Empire; S.Makdisi Thel in Africa; D.Worrall Bloody Blake: Nation and Circulation; J.Mee Blake, Hayley and the History of Sexuality; S.Matthews Blake and the Syntax of Sentiment: An essay on 'Blaking' Understanding; J.Chandler National Arts and Disruptive Technologies in Blake's Prospectus of 1793; M.Eaves 'What is Liberty without Universal Toleration': Blake Homosexuality and the Cooperative Commonwealth; C.Z.Hobson Restoring the Nation: Blake and the Aftermyth of Revolution; A.Lincoln Jerusalem as Imperial Prophecy; S.Clark The Matter of Britain: Blake, Milton and the Ancient Britons; J.Whittaker Erin, Ireland, and the Emanation in Blake's Jerusalem ; R.N.Essick Blake After Blake: A Nation Discovers Genius; J.Viscomi Blake Bibliography Index