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almahu_9947363457002882
Format:
248 p.
ISBN:
9781137332189 :
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1137332182 :
Content:
The Landscapes of the Sublime examines the place of the 'natural sublime' in the cultural history of the eighteenth century and Romantic period. Drawing on a range of scholarship and historical sources, it offers a fresh perspective on the different species of the 'natural sublime' encountered by British and European travellers and explorers.
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Epublication based on: 9781137332172.
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Acknowledgements Introduction 1. 'We had hopes that pointed to the clouds': the Alps and the Poetics of Ascent 2. 'A volcano heard afar': Vesuvius, Etna, and the Poetics of Depth 3. 'The region of beauty and delight': Re-imagining the Polar Sublime 4. 'The lone and level sands': Romanticism and the Desert 5. 'My purpose was humbler, but also higher': Thomas De Quincey at the Final Frontier Bibliography Index.
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Language:
English
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