Kathleen Raine, poet, critic, biographer, and now in her 90s, is widely regarded as the grand old lady of English literature
She is an expert on the work of William Blake
Extremely controversial on first publication in 1977, this is now a very highly regarded work, but has been unavailable for many years
'For Kathleen Raine, Blake was an eighteenth century herald of a change in thinking that only now is coming to fruition Blake and Antiquity is the work of a scholar who serves the lovers of literature.' - Manas Magazine
'For Kathleen Raine, Blake was an eighteenth century herald of a change in thinking that only now is coming tofruition Blake and Antiquity isthe work of a scholar who serves the lovers of literature.' - Manas Magazine
Kathleen Raine (1908-). One of the outstanding poets of our time, and an internationally respected scholar of the works of William Blake and W.B. Yeats.
Introduction, Introduction to the First Edition, The Cave of the Nymphs, The Myth of Psyche, The Myth of the Kore or Persephone, The Myth of the Great Year, The Nether-World of Alchemy. Prophet against Science