A possible new path for Blake studies: a review of William Blake’s Manuscripts

William Weber Wanderlinde

doi:10.5007/2175-8026.2025.e103308

Authors

William Weber Wanderlinde Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3438-2361

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2025.e103308

Abstract

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Author Biography

William Weber Wanderlinde, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Holds a Ph.D. from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. William defended his doctoral dissertation, titled “William Blake’s editors from 1893 to the present: an analysis of four collected editions,” in September 2024. He is currently an independent researcher analyzing editions of British Romantic poets produced in the Modernist period and how they shaped each poet’s reception. His research interests include British Romanticism, textual criticism, and book history.

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Crosby, Mark, and Josephine A. McQuail, editors. William Blake’s Manuscripts: Praxis, Puzzles, and Palimpsests. Cham, Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. 378 pp.

Erdman, David V., editor. The Illuminated Blake. Garden City, Anchor Books, 1974.

Fox, Michael. “Graphing VALA, or The Four Zoas: Toward a Dynamic Edition.” William Blake’s Manuscripts, edited by Crosby Mark and Josephine A. McQuail. Cham, Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, pp. 205-230.

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