The Pastoral Flashcards
What voice does Blake inhabit?
The voice of the prophet and the bard.
The pastoral doesn’t necessarily depict nature, rather the…
CULTIVATION and PROTECTION against natural forces and the elements.
The Divine Holy Spirit as muse was the force in creation. What paradigm did Blake rebel against?
That DIVINE INSPIRATION is DIVORCED from humanity
What is nature and pastoral
NATURE and it’s EXPLICIT CONTRAST contrast to the city, as a REFUGE from industrialism.
Treatment of nature was often…
REALISTIC and DETAILED in its description
What does the pastoral depict?
The pastoral depicts a RURAL and NATURAL idyll
Parental figures? (Pastoral motifs)
Shepherds, mothers, fathers, Mother Nature, the eart, nursemaids, the earth
What sources does the pastoral use to depict a rural and natural idyll?
The sources that the pastoral uses to depict a rural and natural idyll is CLASSICAL, MILTONIAN , AND BIBLICAL SOURCES to depict the rural and natural idyll.
The idea of the infancy of humanity…
Has a METAPHORICAL PARALLEL with an individuals childhood
