Kelly Lehtonen

Heroic Awe

The Sublime and the Remaking of Renaissance Epic

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Heroic Awe studies the impact of the philosophy of the sublime on the genre of Renaissance epic poetry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781487545369
• ISBN-10: 1487545363
• Artikelnr.: 66226304

Autorenporträt

By Kelly Lehtonen

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Sublime in Renaissance Epic
1. Longinus in Renaissance Theories of Heroic Poetry
2. The Tassoan Sublime and the Counter-Reformation: Charisma and Romance in
the Gerusalemme Liberata
3. Divine Mystery and the Inscrutable Sublime in Du Bartas’ Les Semaines
4. Spenser’s Protestant Sublime in the Legend of Holiness
5. Milton’s Sacrificial Sublime: Idolatry and Relationship in Paradise Lost
Conclusion: Virgil, Empire, and Sublimity in Paradise Regained
Notes
References
Index