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This book could be the text for an entire course in aesthetics or an invaluable resource for other courses in the field. * Paul Guyer, Jonathan Nelson Professor of Humanities and Philosophy, Brown University, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sublime Reader\u003c\/i\u003e is a much-needed compendium of both classic and underappreciated texts that, together, depict the origins and genealogy of this compelling idea. Robert Clewis has spent many years thinking and writing about the sublime, and this thoughtful and inclusive selection of cross-disciplinary primary materials is the best I’ve seen. * Andrew Chignell, Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor in Religion, Philosophy, and the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations  Preface  Acknowledgments: Sources Acknowledgments Note on the Texts  Editor’s Introduction Part I. Ancient 1.Longinus, from On Sublimity 2.Bharata-Muni, from \u003ci\u003eNa?yasastra\u003c\/i\u003e  Part II. Postclassical 3.Guo Xi, from The Interest of Lofty Forests and Springs 4.Zeami Motokiyo, “Notes on the Nine Levels” 5.Francesco Petrarca, “The Ascent of Mont Ventoux”  Part III. Modern 6.Nicolas Boileau Despréaux, from “Preface to his Translation of Longinus On the Sublime” 7.John Dennis, from The Grounds of Criticism in Poetry 8.Giambattista Vico, “On the Heroic Mind” 9.Edmund Burke, from A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful 10.Moses Mendelssohn, from “On the Sublime and Naive in the Fine Sciences” 11.Elizabeth Carter, from Letters from Mrs. Elizabeth Carter to Mrs. Montagu 12.Immanuel Kant, from Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime 13.Anna Aiken (Anna Letitia Barbauld), “On the Pleasure Derived from Objects of Terror” 14.Mary Wollstonecraft, from A Vindication of the Rights of Men 15.Immanuel Kant, from Critique of the Power of Judgment and Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View 16.Friedrich Schiller, “Of the Sublime (Toward the Further Development of Some Kantian Ideas)” 17.Anna Seward, Letter to Rev. Dr. Gregory 18.Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolfo: A Romance 19.Helen Maria Williams, from A Tour in Switzerland  Part IV. Late Modern 20.William Wordsworth, “The Sublime and the Beautiful” 21.Mary Shelley, from Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus 22.Arthur Schopenhauer, from The World as Will and Representation 23.Georg W. F. Hegel, “Symbolism of the Sublime” 24.Richard Wagner, from “Beethoven” 25.Friedrich Nietzsche, from The Birth of Tragedy, Joyful Wisdom, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra 26.Rudolf Otto, from The Idea of the Holy  Part V. Contemporary 27.Barnett Newman, “The Sublime is Now” 28.Julia Kristeva, from Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection 29.Fredric Jameson, from “Postmodernism, or the Logic of Late Capitalism” 30.Jean-François Lyotard, “The Sublime and the Avant-Garde” 31.Meg Armstrong, from “‘The Effects of Blackness’: Gender, Race, and the Sublime in Aesthetic Theories of Burke and Kant” 32.Cynthia A. Freeland, “The Sublime in Cinema” 33.Arthur Danto, “Beauty and Sublimity” 34.Vladimir J. Konecni, “The Aesthetic Trinity: Awe, Being Moved, Thrills” 35.Jane Forsey, “Is a Theory of the Sublime Possible?” 36.Sandra Shapshay, “Commentary on Jane Forsey’s ‘Is a Theory of the Sublime Possible?’” 37.Robert R. 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