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Argues that the sublime is important in understanding the late 19th-century shift from romanticism to modernism. The author studies the work of three French authors conventionally considered pivotal figures in the trajectory from romanticism to modernism: Hugo, Baudelaire and Lautreamont.

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Abbreviations; 1. Theories of the sublime; 2. Hugo; 3. Baudelaire; 4. Lautreamont; 5. Conclusion; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.

The Impersonal Sublime

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/06/1990
      ISBN13: 9780804717861, 978-0804717861
      ISBN10: 0804717869

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Argues that the sublime is important in understanding the late 19th-century shift from romanticism to modernism. The author studies the work of three French authors conventionally considered pivotal figures in the trajectory from romanticism to modernism: Hugo, Baudelaire and Lautreamont.

      Table of Contents
      Abbreviations; 1. Theories of the sublime; 2. Hugo; 3. Baudelaire; 4. Lautreamont; 5. Conclusion; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.

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