The Romantic Sublime Studies in the Structure and Psychology of Transcendence / Thomas Weiskel.
Thomas Weiskel investigates the concept of the sublime in the poetry of English Romantic writers. His work infuses elements of structuralism and psychological thought in his attempt to describe and demystify the sublime experience or, in his words, to "desublimate the sublime." In doing so...
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| Language: | English |
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2019.
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| Summary: | Thomas Weiskel investigates the concept of the sublime in the poetry of English Romantic writers. His work infuses elements of structuralism and psychological thought in his attempt to describe and demystify the sublime experience or, in his words, to "desublimate the sublime." In doing so, he demonstrates that the sublime is largely mystified, and he contrasts those with faith in the awesomeness of sublimation and those who remain skeptical of the sublime's mystifying power. In working to demystify the sublime, Weiskel emphasizes the task of intelligence by assigning morality and intellect the value of mistrust in sublimation. |
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| Item Description: | Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No derivatives 4.0 International License Originally published as Johns Hopkins Press in 1976 |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 220 pages)) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781421436166 |
| Access: | Open Access. |