How do we preserve our cultural inheritance? How do societies remember and transmit to succeeding generations the form and substance of literary and artistic traditions and innovations? According to Morris Eaves, the poetry and art of William Blake (1757-1827) demonstrate that culture is a collective process, and that there exists a complex interrelation among creativity, critical and public response, and public access.
At the time of this interview, Eaves, a Fellow at the National Humanities Center (1984-85), was professor of English at the University of New Mexico.
This edition of Soundings was conducted by Wayne J. Pond.
