Number 7 of Hyperborea, Revista de Ensayo y Creación includes an article by Daniela Paolini y Mario Rucavado Rojas, "Del Redentor al Demiurgo: Las ilustraciones de William Blake vistas a través de las Meditaciones poéticas de José Joaquín de Mora" (From Redeemer to Demiurge: William Blake’s illustrations as seen through José Joaquín de Mora’s Meditaciones poéticas):
José Joaquín de Mora's Meditaciones poéticas consists of a series of eleven poems inspired by William Blake’s illustrations for Robert Cromek’s edition of Robert Blair's poem The Grave (1808). Rudolph Ackermann acquired these engravings after Cromek’s death and in 1826 commissioned Mora to compose a new work for audiences in the nascent Spanish-American republics. This article contextualises Mora's poems and explores to what extent they can be considered an ekphrasis of Blake's designs.
Daniela Paolini y Mario Rucavado Rojas is a member of faculty at Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires.
"Del Redentor al Demiurgo: Las ilustraciones de William Blake vistas a través de las Meditaciones poéticas de José Joaquín de Mora" is available from Hyperborea (open access, Spanish).