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Visionary Dreariness Readings in Romanticism's Quotidian Sublime
By Markus Poetzsch
Copyright 2006
176 Pages
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Routledge
238 Pages
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Routledge
238 Pages
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Routledge
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Visionary Dreariness: Readings in Romanticism’s Quotidian Sublime undertakes a reconceptualization of the theoretical and experiential framework of the Romantic sublime by shifting the focus from Burke’s and Kant’s prescriptions of natural vastness and grandeur to the narrower but no less wondrous spaces, objects and experiences of everyday life.
This shift is defined as a descent from... Read more
Introduction. Placing the Sublime 1. Sublime Descents: From Mountaintops to Home 2. Particularity and ‘Intimate Immensity’ 3. Sublime Transport and the Making of Space 4. Simple Flowers and Familiar Soil: The Consolations of Everyday Life Conclusion. The Modern Remains of ‘Visionary Dreariness’ Notes. Bibliography. Index
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Markus Poetzsch
