The Biblical Presence in Shakespeare, Milton, and Blake A Comparative Study

The indebtedness of Shakespeare, Milton, and Blake to a common source, namely the Bible becomes a powerful tool for displaying three fundamentally different poetic options as well as three different ways of dealing with a conflict central to western culture. In this piercing study of the poetics of influence, Fisch gives detailed and original discussions of Julius Caesar , Antony and Cleopatra , Hamlet , King Lear , Paradise Lost , Samson Agonistes , Blake's Milton , and Blake's illustrations to Job.