This book examines the relationship between nihilism and
postmodernism in relation to the sublime, and is divided into three
parts: history, theory, and praxis. 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 the Enlightenment, is
therefore implicitly related to "both "nihilism "and "the sublime,
despite the fact that it is often characterised as "either
"nihilistic "or "sublime. Whereas prior forms of nihilism are
'modernist' because they seek to codify reality, postmodernism
creates a new formulation of nihilism - 'postmodern nihilism' -
that is itself sublime. This is explored in relation to a broad
survey of postmodern literature in two chapters, the first on
aesthetics and the second on ethics. It offers 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.
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