Talk:Spectre (Blake)

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Did you know... that William Blake's character Spectre, which represents unchanging reason in his spiritual mythology, may have been inspired by the poet William Cowper?

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'In Blake's Works' Errors and Issues[edit]

The section entitled 'In Blake's Works' contains a large number of factual errors as well as dubious claims. 1. 'The mythological character of Spectre is first introduced in Blake's prophetic book Jerusalem.'Then later, 'The Spectre also appears in his published works Milton and The Four Zoas.'

 a)'Milton' and 'The Four Zoas' were written before 'Jerusalem' and the figure of the spectre is not first introduced in 'Jerusalem.'

'Jerusalem' and 'Milton' were engraved on copper plates by Blake but saying that they were 'published' (during his lifetime) is a stretch, although he did print several copies of each. 'The Four Zoas', however was abandoned unfinished by Blake and never engraved.

 b)For Blake, each individual possesses his own particular Spectre. To refer to this part of identity as 'the character of Spectre' is misleading at the very least - you wouldn't call 'the unconscious' 'the mythological character Unconscious' after all. 'Figure' would a more appropriate term.

I'm not a Blake scholar by any means, more of an enthusiast, but a quick perusal of the Wikipedia Blake articles makes it clear that a Blake scholar is sorely needed. I hope to be able to go through the articles and correct minor factual errors but I hope that someone more qualified can be found to give the Blake entries a quality revision. RobotBoy66 (talk) 11:36, 29 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]