'The sublime'. A short introduction to a long history Timothy M. Costelloe; Part I. Philosophical History of the Sublime: 1. Longinus and the ancient sublime Malcolm Heath; 2. … And the beautiful? Revisiting Edmund Burke's 'double aesthetics' Rodolphe Gasché; 3. The moral source of the Kantian sublime Melissa Meritt; 4. Imagination and internal sense: the sublime in Shaftesbury, Reid, Addison, and Reynolds Timothy M. Costelloe; 5. The associative sublime: Kames, Gerrard, Alison, and Stewart Rachel Zuckert; 6. The 'prehistory' of the sublime in early modern France: an interdisciplinary perspective Éva Madeleine Martin; 7. The post-Kantian German sublime Paul Guyer; 8. The postmodern sublime: presentation and its limits David B. Johnson; Part II. Disciplinary and Other Perspectives: 9. The 'subtler sublime': in modern Dutch aesthetics John R. J. Eyck; 10. The first American sublime Chandos Michael Brown; 11. The environmental sublime Emily Brady; 12. Religion and the sublime Andrew Chignell and Matthew C. Halteman; 13. The British romantic sublime Adam Potkay; 14. The sublime and the fine arts Theodore Gracyk; 15. Architecture and the sublime Richard Etlin.
This volume offers readers a unique and comprehensive overview of different theoretical and interdisciplinary perspectives on 'the sublime'.
Timothy M. Costelloe is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the College of William and Mary. He is the author of Aesthetics and Morals in the Philosophy of David Hume (2008) and The British Aesthetic Tradition (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming).
'The Sublime: From Antiquity to the Present is a grid of essays on
the theory of the sublime and on its realization in nature and art.
One informs the other, and I don't know of another book on the
subject as systematic and wide-ranging.' Ronald Paulson, The Johns
Hopkins University
'The Sublime: From Antiquity to the Present collects together an
outstanding group of essays that will set the agenda for future
studies of the sublime. It presents a superbly informed
philosophical history of the category of the sublime from Longinus
to postmodernism in the first part, and in the second a richly
detailed thematic overview that demonstrates the continuing
fascination of the sublime.' Peter de Bolla, University of
Cambridge
'This wide-ranging collection of essays will be a valuable resource
to anyone interested in assessing the historical importance of the
concept of the sublime and its continuing relevance for
contemporary philosophical discussion.' Frances Ferguson,
University of Chicago
'The volume is best regarded as a reference work, suitable for
research into specific topics … notable papers included are those
of Rodolphe Gasche, Melissa Meritt, Paul Guyer, and Theodore Gracyk
… Recommended …' R. Bonzon, Choice
'Those interested in natural theology will find grist for their
mill in this volume.' Simon Vaughan, Transpositions
(transpositions.co.uk)
'The volume is very attractive in appearance. Larger in size than
an ordinary scholarly book, printed on magazine-style glossy paper,
it features a wealth of illustrations: reproductions of paintings,
photos of architectural monuments, and maps of natural sites … it
offers a balanced introduction to contemporary discussions related
to the notion of the sublime, and would be an excellent text for a
survey course, or even a graduate seminar.' Max Statkiewicz,
Monatshefte
'Costelloe has put together this wide-ranging book of essays on the
sublime in an attempt to demonstrate that the concept is not dead
that there is still merit in treating it both theoretically and in
its relevance to the present day.' Cressida Ryan, Bryn Mawr
Classical Review
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