Lucan and the Sublime - Power, Representation and Aesthetic Experience

Sommario

Introduction; 1. The experience of the sublime; 2. Representation, the sublime and the Bellum Civile; 3. The Caesarian sublime; 4. The Pompeian sublime; Epilogue.

Info autore

Henry Day has taught at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge and at Birkbeck, University of London, and has worked as a consultant on classical subjects for the London Review of Books and BBC television. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2011 by Lincoln's Inn and is now pursuing a career as a barrister.

Riassunto

The first comprehensive study of the sublime in Lucan, integrating theorisations from Longinus to Lyotard to explore the concept's ethical ambivalences and establish the Bellum Civile as a central text in the history of the sublime. Of interest to classicists and readers in comparative literature, reception studies and critical theory.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Henry J. M. Day, Day Henry J. M.
• Editore: Cambridge Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781108816427
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81642-7
• Dimensioni: 215 mm x 140 mm x 15 mm
• Peso: 350 g
• Serie: Cambridge Classical Studies
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; European History, Latin, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, Literature & literary studies, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient Rome, Philosophy: aesthetics, Literature: history & criticism, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets