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The sublime : from antiquity to the present /

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 chapter...

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Other Authors:	Costelloe, Timothy M. (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Subjects:	Sublime, The. PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General.

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