Lucan and the Sublime Power, Representation and Aesthetic Experience |
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| Author:
| Day, Henry J. M. |
| Series title: | Cambridge Classical Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-1-139-10575-0 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2013 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital download and online |
| List Price: | USD $165.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.