Blake, Nationalism, and the Politics of AlienationWilliam Blakes reputation as a staunch individualist is based in large measure on his repeated attacks on institutions and belief systems that constrain the individuals imagination. Blake, however, rarely represents isolation positively, suggesting that the individuals absolute freedom from communal pressures is not the ideal. Instead, as Julia Wright argues in her award winning study Blake, Nationalism, and the Politics of Alienation, Blakes concern