Queer Blake reviewed in TLS

In the 6 August issue of The Times Literary Supplement, in the ‘In Brief’ section, there is a good review of Queer Blake which praises Helen Kidd’s poem and shows how well it works as a frame for the collection. The review, by Max Fincher, highlights the connections made between Blake and contemporary artists, the challenge Blake presents to Foucault (from Chris Hobson’s essay), and the link between heterosexuality and colonization in Visions (from Bethan Stevens’ essay about slavery and voyeurism). Unfortunately they credit Mark Crosby’s essay on Hayley and Paiderastia to Susan Matthews — but I suppose that’s one way of noticing two fine studies on Hayley, the classics and sexuality in one fell, erroneous, swoop. Nonetheless, happy that this labour of forbidden love has received TLS‘s blessings.