The skeptical sublime : aesthetic ideology in Pope and the Tory satirists /

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This title examines the role of scepticism in initiating the idea of the sublime in early modern British literature. James Noggle draws on philosophy, intellectual history, and critical theory to illuminate the aesthetic ideology of Pope, Swift, Dryden, and Rochester among other import ant writers o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Noggle, James
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Pope, Alexander, > 1688-1744 > Criticism and interpretation.
Pope, Alexander, > 1688-1744
1700-1799
English poetry > 18th century > History and criticism.
Verse satire, English > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Sublime, The, in literature.
Skepticism in literature.
Aesthetics in literature.
Poésie anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Poésie satirique anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Politique et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Sublime dans la littérature.
Scepticisme dans la littérature.
Esthétique dans la littérature.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Aesthetics in literature
English poetry
Intellectual life
Politics and literature
Skepticism in literature
Sublime, The, in literature
Verse satire, English
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: The Skeptical Sublime-Aesthetic Ideology in Pope and the Tory Satirists; 2. The Abyss of Reason: Rochester, Dryden, and the Skeptical Origins of Sublimity; 3. Civil Enthusiasm in A Tale of a Tub; 4. The Public Universe: An Essay on Man and the Limits of the Sublime Tradition; 5. Pope's Imitations of Horace and the Authority of Inconsistency; 6. Knowing Ridicule and Skeptical Reflection in the Moral Essays; 7. Modernity and the Skeptical Sublime in the Final Dunciad; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z.

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