This chapter deconstructs Blake criticism’s past dismissal of Joanna SouthcottSpiritual autobiographyand Joanna Southcott and her impact on Blake. It traces the form of Blake’s Notebook[aut]Blake, Williamworks, writing poem ‘On the Virginity of The Virgin Mary and Johanna Southcott[aut]Blake, Williamworks, writing‘On the Virginity of the Virgin Mary & Johanna Southcott’’ to Southcott’s use of rhyme and voice in The Strange Effects of Faith[aut]Southcott, Joannaworks. The chapter considers how Blake combines the esoteric influences of Emanuel Swedenborg and Jacob Boehme with his representations of gender, prophecy, and desire. It considers Blake’s representations of male prophecyMen’s Prophecy, and the comparative struggles and marginalisation women prophets face in his works. Finally, the chapter considers Eno, the narrator of The Song of Los[aut]Blake, Williamworks, writing and VALA, as a successful female prophet in Blake. Ultimately, the chapter demonstrates that the interconnectedness of VALA and Visions suggests a collective female audience for women prophets in Blake, exemplified by the Daughters of Albion. Works covered in this chapter include Jerusalem[aut]Blake, Williamworks, writing, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell[aut]Blake, Williamworks, writing, VALA, ‘On the Virginity of The Virgin Mary and Johanna Southcott[aut]Blake, Williamworks, writing‘On the Virginity of the Virgin Mary & Johanna Southcott’’, Visions of the Daughters of Albion[aut]Blake, Williamworks, writing, and Southcott’s The Strange Effects of Faith[aut]Southcott, Joannaworks.

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Divine Forms: A Prophetic Milieu

  • Jodie Marley

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This chapter deconstructs Blake criticism’s past dismissal of Joanna SouthcottSpiritual autobiographyand Joanna Southcott and her impact on Blake. It traces the form of Blake’s Notebook[aut]Blake, Williamworks, writing poem ‘On the Virginity of The Virgin Mary and Johanna Southcott[aut]Blake, Williamworks, writing‘On the Virginity of the Virgin Mary & Johanna Southcott’’ to Southcott’s use of rhyme and voice in The Strange Effects of Faith[aut]Southcott, Joannaworks. The chapter considers how Blake combines the esoteric influences of Emanuel Swedenborg and Jacob Boehme with his representations of gender, prophecy, and desire. It considers Blake’s representations of male prophecyMen’s Prophecy, and the comparative struggles and marginalisation women prophets face in his works. Finally, the chapter considers Eno, the narrator of The Song of Los[aut]Blake, Williamworks, writing and VALA, as a successful female prophet in Blake. Ultimately, the chapter demonstrates that the interconnectedness of VALA and Visions suggests a collective female audience for women prophets in Blake, exemplified by the Daughters of Albion. Works covered in this chapter include Jerusalem[aut]Blake, Williamworks, writing, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell[aut]Blake, Williamworks, writing, VALA, ‘On the Virginity of The Virgin Mary and Johanna Southcott[aut]Blake, Williamworks, writing‘On the Virginity of the Virgin Mary & Johanna Southcott’’, Visions of the Daughters of Albion[aut]Blake, Williamworks, writing, and Southcott’s The Strange Effects of Faith[aut]Southcott, Joannaworks.