The sublime
Often labelled as 'indescribable', the sublime is a term that has been debated for centuries amongst writers, artists, philosophers and theorists. Usually related to ideas of the great, the awe-inspiring and the overpowering, the sublime has become a complex yet crucial concept in many disciplines. Offering historical overviews and explanations, Philip Shaw looks at: the legacy of the earliest, classical theories of the sublime through the romantic to the postmodern and avant-garde sublimity the major theorists of the sublime such as Kant, Burke, Lyotard, Derrida, Lacan and Zizek, offering critical introductions to each ; the significance of the concept through a range of literary readings including the Old and New testaments, Homer, Milton and writing from the romantic era ; how the concept of the sublime has affected other art forms such as painting and film, from abstract expressionism to David Lynch's neo-noir
History
1 online resource (viii, 168 pages)
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Chapter INTRODUCTION
chapter 1 BEFORE (AND AFTER) LONGINUS
chapter 2 SUBLIMITY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
chapter 3 BURKE: A PHILOSOPHICAL ENQUIRY
chapter 4 KANT: THE 'ANALYTIC OF THE SUBLIME'
chapter 5 THE ROMANTIC SUBLIME
chapter 6 THE SUBLIME IS NOW: DERRIDA AND LYOTARD
chapter 7 From the Sublime to the Ridiculous: Lacan and Z?iz?ek
English
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