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Blake and the American Dream
What does the radical poetry and art of William Blake say about the promises and failures of the American Dream? Join art historian and political columnist, Stephen F. Eisenman, and Blake scholar, Jason Whittaker, for a provocative exploration of Blake’s revolutionary vision, its surprising relevance to American ideals of freedom, and its actual practices of power. Drawing on Blake’s fierce critiques of empire, inequality, and spiritual decay, this illustrated lecture and discussion uncover how the artist and poet’s work resonates with today’s struggles over citizenship, immigration, race…
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