Sublime

Name: Sublime
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ISBN: 9780415268486

ISBN-10: 0415268486

ISBN-13: 9780415268486

Edition: 2006

Authors: Philip Shaw

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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 post-modern 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…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 12/15/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 174
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Philp Shaw is Environmental Audit Officer, Scottish Natural Heritage, UK.



Introduction



Before (and After) Longinus



Sublimity in the Eighteenth Century



Burke: A Philosophical Enquiry



Kant: The Analytic of the Sublime



The Romantic Sublime



The Sublime is Now: Derrida and Lyotard



From the Sublime to the Ridiculous: Lacan and A1/2iA3/4ek


Afterword


Glossary


Bibliography