Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction; J.Mee and S.Haggarty Blake and the Ontology of Empire; S.Makdisi 'A wise tale of the Mahometans': Blake and Islam, 1819-26; A.Whitehead Blake, the Female Prophet, and the American Agent: The Evidence of the 1789 Swedenborg Conference Attendance List; D.Worrall Impurity of Diction: The 'Harlots Curse' and Dirty Words; S.Matthews 'She cuts his heart out at his side': Blake, Christianity, and Political Virtue; D.Fallon From Donation to Demand? Almsgiving and the 'Annotations to Thornton'; S.Haggarty 'A Little Less Conversation, A Little More Action': Mutuality, Converse, and Mental Fight; J.Mee Shadows in the Cave: Refocusing Vision in Blake's Creation Myth; S.Erle A Minute Skirmish: Blake, Hayley, and the Art of Miniature Painting; M.Crosby Blake and the Literary Galleries; L.Calè Blake's Poems on Art and Artists; M.D.Paley Index