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Heroic Awe : The Sublime and the Remaking of Renaissance Epic / Kelly Lehtonen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lehtonen, Kelly, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epic poetry, European--History and criticism.
- Epic poetry, European.
- Heroic virtue in literature.
- Sublime, The, in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- Heroic Awe studies the impact of the philosophy of the sublime on the genre of Renaissance epic poetry.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- 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's 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Lehtonen, Kelly Heroic Awe
- ISBN:
- 9781487545390
- 1487545398
- 9781487545406
- 1487545401
- OCLC:
- 1355233036
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