Nihilism and the Sublime Postmodern
Contribuinte(s) |
Department of English and Creative Writing |
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Data(s) |
11/11/2008
11/11/2008
2005
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Resumo |
Slocombe, William, Nihilism and the Sublime Postmodern (New York: Routledge, 2005) RAE2008 Divided into three parts - history, theory and praxis - this book examines the relationship between nihilism and postmodernism in relation to the sublime. Arguing against the simplistic division in literary criticism between nihilism and the sublime, the book demonstrates that both are clearly implicated with the Enlightenment. Postmodernism, as a product of Enlightenment, is therefore implicitly related to both nihilism and the sublime, despite the fact that it is often characterized as either nihilistic or sublime. Containing chapters on aesthetics and ethics, this book presents a coherent thesis for reappraising the relationship between nihilism and the sublime, and grounds this argument with frequent references to postmodern literature, making it a book suitable for both researchers and those more generally interested in postmodern literature. |
Identificador |
Slocombe , W 2005 , Nihilism and the Sublime Postmodern . Taylor & Francis . 0415975298 PURE: 83483 PURE UUID: 8b73ff86-c447-48e0-a723-997f0a78f901 dspace: 2160/1014 |
Publicador |
Taylor & Francis |
Idioma(s) |
eng |
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Tipo |
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