Date of Award
Summer 8-1-1964
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
First Advisor
Herbert Leo Anshutz
Second Advisor
Donald Wayne Cummings
Third Advisor
Howard Bruce Robinson
Abstract
A study of Orc, Blake's symbol for energy, suggests several different hypotheses. This paper intends to test the hypothesis that Orc is a force. With the use of illustrations and explications, Orc becomes more clearly a symbol of Blake's imaginative form. This energy will be seen at each level of Blake's visions, each different psychological stage, and at the highest level, poetic imagination. Thus, as the creator creates, the creation becomes the molded form of the creator's imagination.
Recommended Citation
Finnigan, Michael James, "The Orc Symbol in William Blake's Works" (1964). Graduate Student Research Papers. 78.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/all_gradpapers/78
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