Disastrous Subjectivities : Romaniticism, Modernity, and the Real /

Drawing on the theories of Kant and Lacan, this book reveals how modernity's characteristic stance produces an infinitely demanding ethics and a traumatic sublime.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Collings, David, 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Subjectivity.
Romanticism.
English literature.
Civilization, Modern.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
romanticism (form of expression)
Romantisme.
Litterature anglaise > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Catastrophic Benevolence, Ruinous Immortality: Wollstonecraft's Shipwreck; 2 Prohibiting the Impossible: Godwin and the Formation of the Real; 3 After the Covenant: Undead Subjectivity in Wordsworth's Alpine Sublime; 4 Trusting to the Billows: Byron's Poetics of the Real; 5 Tarrying with Disaster: Ethical Destitution in Shelley's "The Triumph of Life"; Coda. Melting the Sublime: Disastrous Objectivity in the Era of Climate Change; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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