volume 56  number 4 spring 2023

B L A K E
in Australia



Angela Esterhammer, Victoria College, University of Toronto
Nelson Hilton, University of Georgia
Tilar J. Mazzeo, Colby College
Robert W. Rix,  University of Copenhagen
Joseph Viscomi, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
David Worrall, The Nottingham Trent University

Martin Butlin, Tate Gallery, London, retired
Tristanne J. Connolly, University of Waterloo
Detlef W. Dörrbecker, University of Trier
Sibylle Erle, University of Lincoln
Robert N. Essick, University of California, Riverside

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www.blakequarterly.org

Articles

Blake in the Marketplace, 2022
By Robert N. Essick

Prophet against Empire? William Blake in Australia
By Alexis Harley, Claire Knowles, and Chris Murray

Reviews

Joseph Fletcher, William Blake as Natural Philosopher, 
1788–1795
Reviewed by James Rovira

John Higgs, William Blake Now; John Higgs, William Blake 
vs. the World
Reviewed by Alexander S. Gourlay

© 2023  Copyright Morris Eaves and Morton D. Paley
Cover:  Adobe Stock map of Australia (#121553992), with details of (clockwise from left) Jerusalem copy I, plate 16 (Library of 

Congress); “Tornado” for Darwin, The Botanic Garden (Metropolitan Museum); “To the Queen” dedication for The Grave 
(courtesy of John Windle); “A Family of New South Wales” for Hunter, An Historical Journal (National Gallery of Victoria); 
Dante Running from the Three Beasts (National Gallery of Victoria); “Thomas Hayley” for Hayley, An Essay on Sculpture 
(collection of Robert N. Essick); Milton copy B, plate 32 (Huntington Library); and Illustrations of the Book of Job, plate 
numbered 15 (collection of Robert N. Essick). Thanks also to the William Blake Archive.

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editors: Morris Eaves and Morton D. Paley
review editor: Alexander S. Gourlay
exhibitions editor: Luisa Calè
bibliographer (criticism): Wayne C. Ripley
bibliographer (music): Jason Whittaker

managing editor: Sarah Jones   sarah.jones@rochester.edu 
production office: Department of English, University of 
Rochester, Rochester NY 14627-0451