Quest For The Sublime

Author : Vijay Mishra
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0791417476

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The Gothic Sublime by Vijay Mishra Pdf

This book reads the Gothic corpus with a thoroughly postmodern critical apparatus, pointing out that the Gothic Sublime anticipates our own doomed desire to pass beyond the hyperreal. A highly sophisticated theoretical reading of key texts of the Gothic, this book allows the reader to re-live the Gothic, not simply as a nostalgic relic or a pre-romantic aberration, but as a living presence that has strong resonances with the postmodern condition.

Author : Richard Bangs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Travel
ISBN : WISC:89101430932

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Quest for the Sublime by Richard Bangs Pdf

In addition to being a picturesque setting for organized tours into the wild, Switzerland has long been considered the birthplace of adventure travel and the wellspring of eco-tourism. Byron, Shelly, Keats, and Wordsworth all traveled to Switzerland, and upon reaching the Swiss Alps the word they chose to describe what they saw was, not surprisingly, sublime. Here, Richard Bangs embarks upon a new adventure to discover what sublime truly meant to those early travelers and to know how the experiences of past poets and artists transformed the concept of travel. Along the way Bangs examines questions surrounding natural resources, finding answers in Switzerland that may serve as examples for the rest of the world.

Author : Henry Hart
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1995-05-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0815626584

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Robert Lowell and the Sublime by Henry Hart Pdf

Henry Hart establishes the connection between Robert Lowell - one of the most important American poets of the last fifty years - and one of the principal sites of current aesthetic theory, the sublime, a prominent tradition in literature, which traces journeys beyond ordinary language and behavior into exalted states. Lowell's casual interest in the sublime, which eventually became an obsession, dominated his poetry. By searching archives and manuscript collections that take us back to Lowell's beginnings at St. Mark's, Harvard, and Kenyon, the author uncovers early and telling instances of the poet's interest in the poetics of sublimity. Hart illuminates the complexities of this poet's imagination in original ways, connecting Lowell firmly to the tradition of American Romanticism. He provides insights into Lowell's poems, especially the lesser-known works and discerns an allegorical pattern throughout the poetry that involves two interrelated elements: battles against patriarchal gods and failed, often demonic quests for transcendent ideals. He maintains that this pattern of battle and quest has its roots in Lowell's Oedipal struggle against his father, and that quest is essential to attaining an experience of the sublime. Linking these two concepts - the Oedipal struggle and the sublime - is entirely new in Lowell studies.

Author : Don Adams
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1997-04-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015040620117

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James Merrill's Poetic Quest by Don Adams Pdf

Relatively little critical attention has been directed towards the explication of James Merrill's difficult poems, much less towards the understanding of his densely-layered symbolism. This is the first comprehensive study to look at Merrill's difficult symbolic system and to provide a close reading of Merrill's epic poem The Changing Light at Sandover. Adams reads Merrill's poetry through various lenses, primarily those of Freudian psychology and of the Jungian archetypal system. His approach allows the reader to view individual works as part of the larger picture of Merrill's quest to save his life through his art.

Author : Eric Weiner
Publisher : Twelve
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-01-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780446511070

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The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner Pdf

Now a new series on Peacock with Rainn Wilson, THE GEOGRAPHY OF BLISS is part travel memoir, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide that takes the viewer across the globe to investigate not what happiness is, but WHERE it is. Are people in Switzerland happier because it is the most democratic country in the world? Do citizens of Qatar, awash in petrodollars, find joy in all that cash? Is the King of Bhutan a visionary for his initiative to calculate Gross National Happiness? Why is Asheville, North Carolina so damn happy? In a unique mix of travel, psychology, science and humor, Eric Weiner answers those questions and many others, offering travelers of all moods some interesting new ideas for sunnier destinations and dispositions.

Author : Dominick LaCapra
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0801484960

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History and Memory After Auschwitz by Dominick LaCapra Pdf

Dominick LaCapra focuses on the interactions among history, memory, and ethicopolitical concerns as they emerge in the aftermath of the Shoah. Particularly notable are his analyses of Albert Camus's novella The Fall, Claude Lanzmann's film Shoah, and Art Spiegelman's "comic book" Maus. LaCapra also considers the Historians' Debate in the aftermath of German reunification and the role of psychoanalysis in historical understanding and critical theory.

Author : Timothy Gauthier
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135492083

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Narrative Desire and Historical Reparations by Timothy Gauthier Pdf

This book examines and explains the obsession with history in the contemporary British novel. It frames these historical novels as expressions of narrative desire, highlighting the reciprocal relationship between a desire to disclose and to rid ourselves of anxieties elicited by the past. Scrutinizing representative novels from Byatt, McEwan and Rushdie, contemporary fiction is revealed as capable of advocating a viable ethical stance and as a form of authentic commentary. Our anxieties often exist in response to what might be perceived as the oppression or eradication of values, whether this is through the modern repudiation of Victorian principles (Byatt), the Western rethinking of Enlightenment narratives in light of the Holocaust (McEwan), or pluralism threatened by religious fundamentalism (Rushdie). Each of these novelists differentially employs postmodern artifice, sometimes as a way to reject the notion of historical construction, sometimes to advocate for it, but always to bring us closer to what the author believes are significant values and truths, rather than relativism. The representative qualities of these novels serve to highlight themes, concerns, and anxieties present in many of the works of each author and by extension those of their contemporaries.

Author : Carmela Aprea,Eveline Wuttke,Klaus Breuer,Noi Keng Koh,Peter Davies,Bettina Greimel-Fuhrmann,Jane S. Lopus
Publisher : Springer
Page : 713 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811003608

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International Handbook of Financial Literacy by Carmela Aprea,Eveline Wuttke,Klaus Breuer,Noi Keng Koh,Peter Davies,Bettina Greimel-Fuhrmann,Jane S. Lopus Pdf

This Handbook presents in-depth research conducted on a myriad of issues within the field of financial literacy. Split into six sections, it starts by presenting prevalent conceptions of financial literacy before covering financial literacy in the policy context, the state and development of financial literacy within different countries, issues of assessment and evaluation of financial literacy, approaches to teaching financial literacy, and teacher training and teacher education in financial literacy. In doing so, it provides precise definitions of the construct of financial literacy and elaborates on the state and recent developments of financial literacy around the world, to show ways of measuring and fostering financial literacy and to give hints towards necessary and successful teacher trainings. The book also embraces the diversity in the field by revealing contrasting and conflicting views that cannot be bridged, while at the same time making a contribution by re-joining existing materials in one volume which can be used in academic discourse, in research-workshops, in university lectures and in the definition of program initiatives within the wider field of financial literacy. It allows for a landscape of financial literacy to be depicted which would foster the implementation of learning opportunities for human beings for sake of well-being within financial living-conditions. The Handbook is useful to academics and students of the topic, professionals in the sector of investment and banking, and for every person responsible for managing his or her financial affairs in everyday life.

Author : Harold Bloom,Blake Hobby
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781604134438

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The Sublime by Harold Bloom,Blake Hobby Pdf

The sublime in literature is described as the sense of awe that is evoked in the presence of great power and grandeur in nature or in art. In this engaging new volume, the role of the sublime is discussed in ""Emma"", ""Ode to the West Wind"", ""Song of Myself"", and many other works. Featuring original essays and excerpts from previously published critical analyses, each book in the new Bloom's ""Literary Themes"" series gives students valuable insight into the title's subject theme.

Author : Mário S. Ming Kong,Maria do Rosário Monteiro,Maria João Pereira Neto
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 825 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000595888

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Creating Through Mind and Emotions by Mário S. Ming Kong,Maria do Rosário Monteiro,Maria João Pereira Neto Pdf

The texts presented in Proportion Harmonies and Identities (PHI) Creating Through Mind and Emotions were compiled to establish a multidisciplinary platform for presenting, interacting, and disseminating research. This platform also aims to foster the awareness and discussion on Creating Through Mind and Emotions, focusing on different visions relevant to Architecture, Arts and Humanities, Design and Social Sciences, and its importance and benefits for the sense of identity, both individual and communal. The idea of Creating Through Mind and Emotions has been a powerful motor for development since the Western Early Modern Age. Its theoretical and practical foundations have become the working tools of scientists, philosophers, and artists, who seek strategies and policies to accelerate the development process in different contexts.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Liguori Editore Srl
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 8820740060

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La questione romantica. Rivista interdisciplinare di studi romantici vol. 15-16: Viaggio e paesaggio. Autunno 2003 primavera 2004 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Andrew Fleming
Publisher : Windgather Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2005-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781911188032

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St Kilda and the Wider World by Andrew Fleming Pdf

Forty miles out into the Atlantic from the western isles of Scotland lies the archipelago of St Kilda. Home to human populations for more than 4000 years, the islands inhabitants were evacuated from the main island in 1930 leaving it as a haven for wildlife, a tourist destination and workplace for those studying and monitoring the islands ecology and its radar station built in the 1950s. Many of those writing about St Kilda have emphasised the remoteness and insularity of its environment, describing its population as having endured a wretched and isolated existence marooned on an archipelago miles from civilisation. In this book Andrew Fleming challenges such interpretations. His history of the islands reviews the archaeological evidence for the first inhabitants before 2000 BC, how they lived and survived, and how they became integrated into the wider world. Much of the book focuses on more recent times where documentary sources relay in great detail the lives of St Kildans over the past few centuries; how they farmed, administered justice, took on communal responsibilities, their religious, and other, beliefs, the impact of visitors to the islands, and how events outside of the islands had an impact on their lives. Described as a historical drama, this is an excellent story of a remote island community which has been mythologised by many commentators. Superb photographs do much of the work of description.

Author : Jan Verwoert
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2006-05-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781846381287

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Bas Jan Ader by Jan Verwoert Pdf

An illustrated investigation into the critical motives behind the last, unfinished work that has defined the romantic legacy of conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader. In 1975 Bas Jan Ader disappeared at sea while trying to sail from the East Coast of the United States to Europe as part of a project titled In Search of the Miraculous. Ader's considerable influence on later conceptual artists stems from the way in which he used the cool analytic and antisubjective aesthetics of conceptual art to explore experiences that would seem definitively subjective—the emotional intensity of tragedy and the romantic quest for the sublime. In Search of the Miraculous was conceived as a three-part project: a lonely nighttime walk from the hills of Los Angeles down to the sea, documented in photographs; the Atlantic crossing; a night walk through Amsterdam, mirroring the LA photographs.The circumstances of his disappearance have led many interpreters to identify Ader (as a person) with the role of the tragic romantic hero. The cult status of the artist as a hero whose work is authenticated through his death, however, has obscured the fact that Ader's art was a critical investigation of precisely those romantic motives his persona has now come to be identified with. This book unpicks these ties in Ader's work in order to highlight the specific and unique way in which Ader explores the existential and emotional with an artistic approach that is as conceptual and analytic as it is poetic and personal. Afterall Books are distributed by The MIT Press.

Author : Jeremi Szaniawski
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780231167345

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The Cinema of Alexander Sokurov by Jeremi Szaniawski Pdf

One of the last representatives of a brand of serious, high-art cinema, Alexander Sokurov has produced a massive oeuvre exploring issues such as history, power, memory, kinship, death, the human soul, and the responsibility of the artist. Through contextualization and close readings of each of his feature fiction films (broaching many of his documentaries in the process), this volume unearths a vision of Sokurov's films as equally mournful and passionate, intellectual, and sensual, and also identifies in them a powerful, if discursively repressed, queer sensitivity, alongside a pattern of tensions and paradoxes. This book thus offers new keys to understand the lasting and ever-renewed appeal of the Russian director's Janus-like and surprisingly dynamic cinema – a deeply original and complex body of work in dialogue with the past, the present and the future.

Author : Robert Doran
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781107101531

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The Theory of the Sublime from Longinus to Kant by Robert Doran Pdf

The first in-depth treatment of the major theories of the sublime from Longinus to Kant.