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Personification and the Sublime

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Eighteenth-century and Romantic readers had a peculiar habit of calling personified abstractions "sublime." This has always seemed mysterious, since the same readers so often expressed a feeling that there was something wrong with turning ideas into people--or, worse, turning people into ideas. In this wide-ranging, carefully argued study, Knapp explains the connection between personification and the aesthetics of the sublime.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674181663
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 178
  • Published:
  • April 2, 2014
  • Edition:
  • 2014
  • Dimensions:
  • 234x156x13 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 449 g.
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: January 12, 2025

Description of Personification and the Sublime

Eighteenth-century and Romantic readers had a peculiar habit of calling personified abstractions "sublime." This has always seemed mysterious, since the same readers so often expressed a feeling that there was something wrong with turning ideas into people--or, worse, turning people into ideas. In this wide-ranging, carefully argued study, Knapp explains the connection between personification and the aesthetics of the sublime.

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