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Romanticism, Blake, and the Politics of Nature (Lecture)
The Idea of Nature Public Lecture Series
  • Kevin Hutchings, University of Northern British Columbia
Publication Date
4-30-2012
Document Type
Presentation
Abstract

Because politics is a distinctly human activity, we often think of nature as something that exists apart from the political realm. However, in an era of revolutionary turmoil, William Blake, who championed “England’s green and pleasant land” against industrialism’s “dark Satanic Mills,” understood better than any other Romantic poet that nature was subject to myriad political uses. By showing how cultural institutions invoke nature to “naturalize” their authority, Blake reveals that nature can be thoroughly political. Join author and musician Kevin Hutchings as he explores the politics of Blake’s visionary ecology in poetry, painting, and song.

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Kevin Hutchings. "Romanticism, Blake, and the Politics of Nature (Lecture)" (2012)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/samantha_harvey/19/