The Rival 'Canterbury Pilgrims' of Blake and Cromek: Herculean Figures in the Carpet
- Author / Editor
- Read, Dennis M.
The Rival 'Canterbury Pilgrims' of Blake and Cromek: Herculean Figures in the Carpet
- Published
- Modern Philology 86 (1988): 171-90.
- Description
- The idea for the artistic representation of the Canterbury pilgrims was that of Robert Hartley Cromek, Blake's enemy. Few preferred Blake's paintings over Cromek's engravings.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.