The Theory of the Sublime from Longinus to Kant

ISBN-13: 9781107499157 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 328 str.

Robert Doran

Opis

The first in-depth treatment of the major theories of the sublime from Longinus to Kant.

Recenzje

'The Theory of the Sublime from Longinus to Kant certainly breaks new ground by covering the origins of the sublime and showing how they can be traced through to the height of the discussions of the concept in the eighteenth century. I would single out this book for praise for its scholarly attention to neglected writers on the sublime, such as Longinus, Dennis, and Boileau, as well as for its new insight into Kant's thought. It deserves to be read widely and by anyone interested in both historical and contemporary debates on the sublime.' Emily Brady, Comparative Literature

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Longinus' Theory of Sublimity: 1. Defining the Longinian sublime; 2. Longinus' five sources sublimity; 3. Longinus on sublimity in nature and culture; Part II. Sublimity and Modernity: 4. Boileau: the birth of a concept; 5. Dennis: terror and religion; 6. Burke: sublime individualism; Part III. The Sublimity of the Mind: Kant: 7. The Kantian sublime in 1764: 'Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and the Sublime'; 8. The sublime in the 'Critique of Practical Reason'; 9. The sublime in the 'Critique of the Power of Judgment'; 10. Judging nature as a magnitude: the Mathematically Sublime; 11. Judging nature as a power: the Dynamically Sublime; 12. Sublimity and culture in Kant.