In this book, Robert Doran offers the first in-depth treatment of
the major theories of the sublime, from the ancient Greek treatise
On the Sublime (attributed to 'Longinus') and its reception in
early modern literary theory to the philosophical accounts of Burke
and Kant. Doran explains how and why the sublime became a key
concept of modern thought and shows how the various theories of
sublimity are united by a common structure - the paradoxical
experience of being at once overwhelmed and exalted - and a common
concern: the preservation of a notion of transcendence in the face
of the secularization of modern culture. Combining intellectual
history with literary theory and philosophical analysis, his book
provides a new, searching and multilayered account of a concept
that continues to stimulate thought about our responses to art,
nature and human events.
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