Europe, A Prophecy by William Blake
A Prophecy
A compact, visionary prophetic poem that transposes the upheavals of the age into Blake’s private mythology: a fiery spirit of revolution (embodied by Orc) bursts against the cold, law-bound tyranny of figures like Urizen while the prophetic artisan Los chronicles and shapes the struggle. Through stark, allegorical imagery and apocalyptic rhetoric it indicts institutional oppression, rationalist abstraction, and social inertia, calling for imaginative liberation and a renewal of creative energy across the continent. Rendered as illuminated plates, the work fuses political urgency with mystical symbolism to explore cycles of bondage and emancipation rather than offering a straightforward historical account.
- Published
- 1794
- Nationality
- English
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- Unknown
- Pages
- Unknown
- Original Language
- English
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