The Sublime
From Antiquity to the Present
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- Editor: Timothy M. Costelloe, College of William and Mary, Virginia
- Date Published: October 2012
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- isbn: 9780521143677
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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 Longinus, moving through eighteenth- and nineteenth-century writers in Britain, France and Germany and concluding with developments in contemporary continental philosophy. Part Two explores the sublime with respect to particular disciplines and areas of study, including Dutch literature, early modern America, the environment, religion, British Romanticism, the fine arts and architecture. Each chapter is both accessible for non-specialists and offers an original contribution to its respective field of inquiry.
Read more- Interdisciplinary, with essays by scholars of philosophy, English, history and American studies, German and Dutch studies, comparative literature, French, geography and architecture
- The only book available that provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject both historically (from ancients to contemporary continental philosophy) and analytically (within different disciplines and approaches)
- Essays accessible for the non-specialist while also making original contributions to the respective literatures
Reviews & endorsements
'The Sublime: From Antiquity to the Present is a grid of essays on the theory of the sublime and on its realization in nature and art. One informs the other, and I don't know of another book on the subject as systematic and wide-ranging.' Ronald Paulson, The Johns Hopkins University
See more reviews'The Sublime: From Antiquity to the Present collects together an outstanding group of essays that will set the agenda for future studies of the sublime. It presents a superbly informed philosophical history of the category of the sublime from Longinus to postmodernism in the first part, and in the second a richly detailed thematic overview that demonstrates the continuing fascination of the sublime.' Peter de Bolla, University of Cambridge
'This wide-ranging collection of essays will be a valuable resource to anyone interested in assessing the historical importance of the concept of the sublime and its continuing relevance for contemporary philosophical discussion.' Frances Ferguson, University of Chicago
'The volume is best regarded as a reference work, suitable for research into specific topics … notable papers included are those of Rodolphe Gasche, Melissa Meritt, Paul Guyer, and Theodore Gracyk … Recommended …' R. Bonzon, Choice
'Those interested in natural theology will find grist for their mill in this volume.' Simon Vaughan, Transpositions (transpositions.co.uk)
'The volume is very attractive in appearance. Larger in size than an ordinary scholarly book, printed on magazine-style glossy paper, it features a wealth of illustrations: reproductions of paintings, photos of architectural monuments, and maps of natural sites … it offers a balanced introduction to contemporary discussions related to the notion of the sublime, and would be an excellent text for a survey course, or even a graduate seminar.' Max Statkiewicz, Monatshefte
'Costelloe has put together this wide-ranging book of essays on the sublime in an attempt to demonstrate that the concept is not dead that there is still merit in treating it both theoretically and in its relevance to the present day.' Cressida Ryan, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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- Date Published: October 2012
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521143677
- length: 313 pages
- dimensions: 253 x 177 x 13 mm
- weight: 0.65kg
- contains: 36 b/w illus.
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
'The sublime'. A short introduction to a long history Timothy M. Costelloe
Part I. Philosophical History of the Sublime:
1. Longinus and the ancient sublime Malcolm Heath
2. … And the beautiful? Revisiting Edmund Burke's 'double aesthetics' Rodolphe Gasché
3. The moral source of the Kantian sublime Melissa Meritt
4. Imagination and internal sense: the sublime in Shaftesbury, Reid, Addison, and Reynolds Timothy M. Costelloe
5. The associative sublime: Kames, Gerrard, Alison, and Stewart Rachel Zuckert
6. The 'prehistory' of the sublime in early modern France: an interdisciplinary perspective Éva Madeleine Martin
7. The post-Kantian German sublime Paul Guyer
8. The postmodern sublime: presentation and its limits David B. Johnson
Part II. Disciplinary and Other Perspectives:
9. The 'subtler sublime': in modern Dutch aesthetics John R. J. Eyck
10. The first American sublime Chandos Michael Brown
11. The environmental sublime Emily Brady
12. Religion and the sublime Andrew Chignell and Matthew C. Halteman
13. The British romantic sublime Adam Potkay
14. The sublime and the fine arts Theodore Gracyk
15. Architecture and the sublime Richard Etlin.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
- Introduction to Literary and Critical Theory
- Seminar: Romanticism
- Topics in Aesthetics
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