The Sublime (The New Critical Idiom)
ISBN-13:
9780415268486
ISBN-10:
0415268486
Edition:
1
Author:
Philip Shaw
Publication date:
2005
Publisher:
Routledge
Format:
Paperback
184 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780415268486
ISBN-10:
0415268486
Edition:
1
Author:
Philip Shaw
Publication date:
2005
Publisher:
Routledge
Format:
Paperback
184 pages
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The Sublime (The New Critical Idiom) (ISBN-13: 9780415268486 and ISBN-10: 0415268486), written by authors
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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.
This remarkably clear study of what is, in essence, a term which evades definition, is essential reading for students of literature, critical and cultural theory.
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