The Sublime: A Reader in British Eighteenth-Century Aesthetic Theory (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521395823)

The concept of the Sublime has influenced aesthetic and theoretical debate ever since it was first widely invoked in the eighteenth century. However, the unavailability of many crucial early texts has resulted in a conception of the Sublime often limited to the definitions of its most famous theorist Edmund Burke. Andrew Ashfield and Peter de Bolla's valuable anthology, which includes an introduction, and headnotes to each entry, now offers students and scholars ready access to a deep and complex tradition of writing on the Sublime, many of them never before reprinted in modern editions.

Author: Andrew Ashfield
ISBN-10: 0521395828
ISBN-13: 9780521395823
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/15/1996
Pages: 328
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d