{"product_id":"heroic-awe-kelly-lehtonen-9781487545369","title":"Heroic Awe: The Sublime and the Remaking of Renaissance Epic","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the Renaissance, the most renowned model of epic poetry was Virgil's \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e, a poem promoting an influential concept of heroism based on the commitment to one's nation and gods. However, Longinus' theory of the sublime - newly recovered during the Renaissance - contradicted this absolute devotion to nation as a marker of religious piety. \u003ci\u003eHeroic Awe\u003c\/i\u003e explores how Renaissance epic poetry used the sublime to challenge the assumption that epic heroism was primarily about civic duty and glorification of state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book demonstrates how the significant investment of Renaissance epic poetry in Longinus' theory of the sublime reshaped the genre of epic. To do so, Kelly Lehtonen examines the intersection between the Longinian sublime and early modern Protestant and Catholic discourses in Renaissance poems such as the \u003ci\u003eGerusalemme Liberata\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLes Semaines\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Faerie Queene\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e. In illuminating the role of Longinus along with that of religious discourses, \u003ci\u003eHeroic Awe\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new perspective on epic heroism in Renaissance epic poetry, redefining heroism as the capacity to be overwhelmed emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually by encounters with divine glory. In considering the links between religion, the sublime, and epic, the book aims to shed new light on several core topics in early modern studies, including epic heroism, Renaissance philosophy, theories of emotion, and the psychology of religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelly Lehtonen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487545363\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487545369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Kelly Lehtonen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44070154240255,"sku":"9781487545369","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bb1e4285-a730-462c-978a-ff270852c3e7.jpg?v=1685428676","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/heroic-awe-kelly-lehtonen-9781487545369","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}