The ‘Secret’ Life of William Blake’s Songs of Innocence And of Experience , Copy J
Anthony Blunt, The Rothschilds and M.i.5 In The Cold War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21158571 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Denis Worrall (0000-0001-7195-4360, corresponding author), David Worrall |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 50-64 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Visual Culture in Britain (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-4787 • E-ISSN: 1941-8361 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14714787.2025.2464730 |
| OpenAlex | W4408545641 |
| Language | EN |
This essay investigates M.I.5’s telephone tapping in 1969 of Anthony Blunt’s conversations about his gifting to Emma Rothschild of William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1795), Copy J. Blunt, Victor and Tess Rothschild had an agreement that Blunt would keep the book but bequeath it to Emma. M.I.5 suspected, wrongly, that the Rothschilds’ were extensions of the Cambridge Five spy ring. The essay draws on declassified documents in the National Archives
Art · Art history · Blunt · Cold war · Innocence · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Law · Medicine · Moravian Church and William Blake · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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