Book contents
- The Theory of the Sublime from Longinus to Kant
- The Theory of the Sublime from Longinus to Kant
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Key to abbreviations and translations
- Introduction
- Part I Longinus’s theory of sublimity
- Part II Sublimity and modernity
- Chapter 4 Boileau: the birth of a concept
- Chapter 5 Dennis: terror and religion
- Chapter 6 Burke: sublime individualism
- Part III The sublimity of the mind: Kant
- Conclusion
- Bibliography of works cited
- Index
Chapter 6 - Burke: sublime individualism
from Part II - Sublimity and modernity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2015
- The Theory of the Sublime from Longinus to Kant
- The Theory of the Sublime from Longinus to Kant
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Key to abbreviations and translations
- Introduction
- Part I Longinus’s theory of sublimity
- Part II Sublimity and modernity
- Chapter 4 Boileau: the birth of a concept
- Chapter 5 Dennis: terror and religion
- Chapter 6 Burke: sublime individualism
- Part III The sublimity of the mind: Kant
- Conclusion
- Bibliography of works cited
- Index
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- The Theory of the Sublime from Longinus to Kant , pp. 141 - 170Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015