Deformed Bodies and Norse Origins in William Blake

IF 0.2 3区文学 Q2 Arts and Humanities

STUDIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE 1500-1900 Pub Date : 2021-02-23 DOI:10.1353/sel.2020.0022

S. Choe

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Abstract

Abstract:This article offers a renewed examination of the darkness and the body in William Blake’s The Book of Urizen (1794) in light of Old Norse creation myths found in Völuspá (ca. 1270) and Snorri Sturluson’s Edda (ca. 1220). These texts provide sources for the figure Urizen. The Book of Urizen presents readers with a version of creation filled with desolation and destruction and tracks the appearance of an unknown entity named “Urizen.” His darkness exposes a deformed body at the center of this new universe, one which is arguably heavily influenced by the Old Norse primordial void known as the ginnungagap.

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《威廉·布莱克的畸形身体和北欧血统》

摘要:本文结合古挪威神话《Völuspá》(约1270年)和Snorri Sturluson的《Edda》(约1220年)，对威廉·布莱克的《乌里岑之书》(1794年)中的黑暗和身体进行了重新审视。这些文字为Urizen这个数字提供了来源。《尤里岑之书》向读者展示了一个充满荒凉和毁灭的创造版本，并追踪了一个名为“尤里岑”的未知实体的出现。他的黑暗暴露了这个新宇宙中心的一个变形的身体，这个宇宙可以说受到了古挪威原始空间ginnungagap的严重影响。

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STUDIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE 1500-1900 LITERATURE, BRITISH ISLES-

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期刊介绍： SEL focuses on four fields of British literature in rotating, quarterly issues: English Renaissance, Tudor and Stuart Drama, Restoration and Eighteenth Century, and Nineteenth Century. The editors select learned, readable papers that contribute significantly to the understanding of British literature from 1500 to 1900. SEL is well known for thecommissioned omnibus review of recent studies in the field that is included in each issue. In a single volume, readers might find an argument for attributing a previously unknown work to Shakespeare or de-attributing a famous work from Milton, a study ofthe connections between class and genre in the Restoration Theater.