Blake's Gifts: Poetry and the Politics of ExchangeThe idea of the gift, in contrast to concepts of commercial exchange or the exercise of self interest at the expense of social ties, is integral to the ways in which William Blake thought about his art, and the production and dissemination of his work. Sarah Haggarty offers a sophisticated and thorough account of the idea of the gift in Blake's writing and designs, examining both the theoretical implications of the term, and the way it plays out in