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Sublimity : the Non-Rational and the Rational in the History of Aesthetics.
Sublimity addresses the nature of the sublime experience itself, and the function that experience has played, and continues to play, within aesthetic discourse. The book both updates and revises existing treatments of the sublime in the eighteenth century, examines its neglected role in the nineteen...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Sublimity; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1 Mountains, Tigers, and Magnanimity: A Passion and Its Objects; 2 A Pleasing Rape? Boswell versus Johnson in the History of the Sublime; 3 Proud Creatures: The Fascination of Great ness; 4 The Claim to a Nobler Motive: Kant; 5 The Triumph of the Will: Schiller; 6 The Philosophy of Belief: German Idealism; 7 Common Senses: Eighteenth-Century Survivals; 8 The Literature of Power: The Nineteenth Century; 9 Epiphany and Therapy: The Twentieth Century; 10 Sublimity; Notes; References; Index.