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blake context
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- 1blake context own religious views?a dissenter- refuses to accept doctrines of established national church
rejected old testament stereotype of god as being vengeful and punitive - 2blake context views on the church?rejected formalised religion. changes spirituality into a system of moral laws which bound people in shame or fear of punishment. this made them obedient to society laws or rules.
- 3blake context religion in Georgian eraintegral part of establishment
both church and parliament were dominated by the same socio- economic class: those with money and land - 4blake context social injustice in 18th centuryparish formed the basic unit of local government throughout the 18th century and was legally charged with responsibility for poor relief. rising proportion of population of children common for them to work to supplement family income. orphans and children came under poor law
- 5blake context sexualitydisagreed with church teaching on the fall of man and original sin
believed that the repression of sexuality caused personal unhappiness and social ills such as prostitution which in turn lead to poverty and venereal disease - 6blake context the french revolutionstrict french class system had long placed the clergy and nobility far above the rest of french citizens
battle was thus to achieve equality and remove oppression, showed power of people - 7blake context the industrial revolutionloss of employment meant more poverty
overcrowding in cities and competition for work
against the negative effects of change - 8blake context isaac wattswrote didactic poems intending to teach, particularly with moral instruction.
blake poems veer strongly away from watts style although also written in a child-like verse. promoting freedom. children presented as guides while adults restricted and portrayed as lost. - 9blake context the enlightenmentblake opposed the way in which he saw science overtaking the imagination and replacing it with pure reason.
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- A-Level English literature Flashcards on blake context, created by tattie.humphries on 06/01/2016.
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