{"product_id":"essays-on-the-sublime-lawrence-kerslake-9783906758978","title":"Essays on the Sublime: Analyses of French Writings on the Sublime from Boileau to La Harpe","description":"Beginning with Longinus's \u003ci\u003eOn the Sublime, \u003c\/i\u003e this book devotes thirty subsequent chapters to analysing major and minor French critical texts dealing with the concept of the sublime from Boileau's translation and original  Préface  (1674) to La Harpe's position in the \u003ci\u003eLycée \u003c\/i\u003e(1799). Authors treated include Rapin, Fénelon, Bouhours, de Piles, Marivaux, Silvain, Rémond de Saint-Mard, Batteux, d'Alembert, Diderot, Mercier, and Falconet. The Appendix offers briefer discussion of a further thirty-two texts, supplementing the main analyses. The Conclusion provides an overview of a number of the aspects of the sublime treated by French critics during the 125-year period. \u003ci\u003eEssays on the Sublime\u003c\/i\u003e represents the first comprehensive examination of this body of critical thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lawrence Kerslake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3906758974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783906758978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Lawrence Kerslake","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48487088259327,"sku":"9783906758978","price":190.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e5010dc8-bf52-4991-960e-13814b0fa8ef.jpg?v=1778058268","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/essays-on-the-sublime-lawrence-kerslake-9783906758978","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}