The Sublime

The continuing relevance and constant reinvention of the sublime--the transcendent, the awe- inspiring, the unpresentable--in art and culture since 1945.

In the contemporary world, where technology, spectacle, and excess seem to eclipse nature, the individual, and society, what might be the characteristics of a contemporary sublime? If there is any consensus, it is in the idea that the sublime represents a testing of limits to the point at...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262513919
• ISBN13: 9780262513913
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher