[Samuel Holt Monk] The Sublime: A Study of Critical Theories in XVIII-Century England
Συγγραφέας: Samuel Holt Monk
Έκδοση: New York Modern Language Association of America, 1935
The concept of the sublime, appearing and reappearing in the history of Western thought, reached its apex in the 18th century and paved the way for the Romantic Revolution. Here, from the perspective of our own day, is an assessment of the concept as it was developed by Hume, Burke, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and their contemporaries.