致谢一:
this thesis would not have been possible without constructive advice and helpfrom many persons.
first and foremost, i wish to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisor inchina foreign affairs university, professor ran jijun, for his great advice andguidance on the content and format of this thesis, which is critical for revision.
without his academic guidance, i could not have accomplished this thesis.
i would like to express my appreciation to all my teachers in the englishdepartment of china foreign affairs university, especially to professor he yinghong,professor guo liqiu, professor sun jisheng, professor zhang lei, professor songaiqun, professor wei lamei and professor he qun for everything i have learned fromthem during the two years at this university.
also, the emotional support from my parents and my husband is no less importantthan the academic assistance.
in the end, i would like to express my thanks to my colleagues who helped collectuseful reference books and materials for me.
致谢二:
i would like to extend my deep gratitude to all those who have offered me a lot ofhelp and support in the process of my thesis writing.
first and foremost, my sincere thanks go to professor li changbao, my supervisor,who has offered me numerous valuable comments and suggestions with incomparablepatience and encouraged me profoundly throughout my postgraduate study. without hispainstaking teaching and insightful advice, the completion of this thesis would havebeen impossible.
also, i owe many thanks to all the professors who have taught me during myprevious study in this university, for leading me into a challenging yet fascinating fieldof academic research. the profit that i gained from them will be of everlastingsignificance to my future research.
last but not least, i am deeply indebted to my family and friends, who have helpedme and shared with me my worries, frustrations, and happiness.
致谢三:
this thesis would not come into being if i had not received help from mysupervisor, teachers, classmates, and family. they offered me so much encouragement,without which i could have already given up. but before i express my sincerestgratitude to them, i would thank my god. it was always he who first came to help mewhen my faith was influenced by blake's unorthodox theological thinking. again itwas he who gave me wisdom and patience to do whatever i did for his glory.
“whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might.” (niv, ecclesiastes 9:10)and here is the prayer when i was in the valley of despair: “may the favor of the lordour god rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us-yes, establish the workof our hands.” (psalm 91:17) it is his faithfulness and unfailing love that urged me towrite the thesis with all my might.
my supervisor xu xiaodong did offer me so much help that i feel so grateful tohim. he has lent me over thirty valuable monographs, biographies, anthologies, andcollections of essays. nearly all of the books were bought from abroad at his ownexpense. his fervent love for literature, his relentless pursuit of knowledge, and hismeticulous attitude towards research manifest the personalities and qualities i shouldcultivate as a qualified scholar. whenever i sent him an article he always gave meprecious suggestions that really improved my critical thinking a lot. for many times ifailed to keep my promise, he forgave me and kept encouraging me to pursue mystudies. i give my most genuinely gratitude to him for his generous help.
besides my supervisor, i have benefited from many other teachers. prof. zhangruwen, prof. yi jianhong, prof. jiang yuebin, sun jiurong and wei lina, they havetaught me many critical approaches and broadened the scope of my knowledge invarious fields of literature. moreover, i would like to extend my gratitude to myclassmates and roommates. they taught me how to balance study and rest. i alsothank my family, especially my sister, who came to my school many times to visit me.
her support and comfort gave me much strength.
lastly my gratitude would be expressed to charles gardner, paul berger, helenc. white, maung ba-han, s. foster damon, j. g. davies. even though some of themhave gone to the land where no traveler returns back, their results of years of researchwill be passed down to future generations. without their researches, students ofwilliam blake would fumble many more years in the mystical land of the mystic-poet.
william ralph inge, miss evelyn underhill, emily herman, joseph b. collins,without whose systematic exploration of mysticism i would be totally at loss in thevast ocean of this particular human experience.
致谢四:
i would like express my gratitude to all those who offer great help for my thesis.
first and foremost, my deepest gratitude goes to my supervisor professor yumuhong, for his father-like encouragement and guidance. he provided me withabundant suggestions and priceless criticisms for my writing of the thesis. but for hisconstant patient guidance and enlightenment, the thesis would have become a missionimpossible.
my sincere thanks also go to the teachers from the school of foreign languages ofzhejiang university of finance and economics, who jointly led me into the holy templeof academic field. here, i want to send my gratefulness to those respected teachers likeprof. wang baorong, prof. li changbao, prof. chen xianghong, prof. shao youxue,prof. teng chao, prof. cen qunxia etc. thank you for your being with me and beingthe witnesses for the birth, growth and perfection of my thesis.
i feel indebted to my parents, without their mental and material support, i couldbarely finish the thesis on time.
finally, my thanks should be sent to all my classmates, for their endless supportand warm hearts, making me feel like living in a united big family.