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- The Romantic Sublime: Studies in the Structure and Psychology of Transcendence
- 1976
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- Published by: Johns Hopkins University Press
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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.
Table of Contents
- Half Title
- p. i
- Title Page
- p. iii
- A Personal Introduction
- pp. xi-xv
- Half Title 1
- p. xvii
- Part One. The Sublime Moment
- Part Two. The Psychology of the Sublime
- 4. The Logic of Terror
- pp. 83-106
- Part Three. The Liminal Sublime
- 7. Wordsworth and the Defile of the Word
- pp. 167-204
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9781421436166
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9781421436159
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OCLC
1127768628
Launched on MUSE
2019-11-17
Language
English
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Yes
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