The Romantic Sublime: Studies in the Structure and Psychology of Transcendence - Couverture rigide

Weiskel, Thomas

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0801817706 ISBN 13 : 9780801817700

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976

Synopsis

Originally published in 1976. In The Romantic Sublime Thomas Weiskel investigates the concept of the sublime in the poetry of English Romantic writers. His work infuses elements of structuralism and psychological thought in his attempt to describe and demystify the sublime experience―or, in his words, to "desublimate the sublime." In doing so, he demonstrates that the sublime is largely mystified, and he contrasts those with faith in the awesomeness of sublimation and those who remain skeptical of the sublime's mystifying power. In working to demystify the sublime, Weiskel emphasizes the task of intelligence by assigning morality and intellect the value of mistrust in sublimation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Thomas F. Weiskel was a professor of English at Yale University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 1976
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801817706
• ISBN 13: 9780801817700
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 242
• Éditeur: Weiskel Portia
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