| Description |
1 online resource (107 p.) |
| Summary |
The sublime rests precariously on the edge of the abyss.'This volume is a collaboration between wordsmith Olivia Fane and painter John B. Harris. Fane's first essay is on the philosophical understanding of the sublime. The sublime first became a subject of serious philosophical thought in the eighteenth century, thanks to Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant. Fane argues for an interpretation of the sublime as the radically other, and argues that its function is primarily epistemological, in that it reveals to us our own being and finitude. She goes on to show how this tallies with ideas of negative |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Sublime, The.
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Sublime, The
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Harris, John B
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| ISBN |
9781788360463 |
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178836046X |
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