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Sublimity and Skepticism in Montaigne and Milton
David L. Sedley
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Description for Sublimity and Skepticism in Montaigne and Milton
Hardcover. Traditional approaches to understanding sublimity and skepticism have often asserted the importance of one concept over the other. This book argues that literary and philosophical notions of skepticism and sublimity simultaneously developed and influenced one another. It includes selections from two Renaissance writers: Montaigne and Milton. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; DSBD; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Traditional approaches to understanding sublimity and skepticism have often asserted the primacy and importance of one concept over the other. However, in Sublimity and Skepticism in Montaigne and Milton, David L. Sedley argues that literary and philosophical notions of skepticism and sublimity simultaneously developed and influenced one another. By exposing the twin origins of skepticism and sublimity, Sedley contributes to ongoing discussions of the origins of modernity and genealogies of modern habits of criticism.
Sedley uses the juxtaposition of Montaigne and Milton to argue that two seminal early modern phenomena, the rise of the sublime as an aesthetic category ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472115280
SKU
V9780472115280
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About David L. Sedley
David L. Sedley is Assistant Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Haverford College.
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