The Sublime: From Antiquity to the Present

Book Overview

This volume offers readers a unique and comprehensive overview of theoretical perspectives on 'the sublime', the singular aesthetic response elicited by phenomena that move viewers by transcending and overwhelming them. The book consists of an editor's introduction and fifteen chapters written from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Part One examines philosophical approaches advanced historically to account for the phenomenon, beginning with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B009UU1S3E
• ISBN13: 9780521143677
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 313 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"