The Age of Wit, 1650-1750Macmillan, 1966 - 348 strani |
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Stran 170
... sublime . WIT AND SUBLIMITY The metaphysical nature of wit made logical and convenient its alliance with the Longinian theory of the sublime . Their simi- larities were striking : both arose in the fancy , both relied upon heightened ...
... sublime . WIT AND SUBLIMITY The metaphysical nature of wit made logical and convenient its alliance with the Longinian theory of the sublime . Their simi- larities were striking : both arose in the fancy , both relied upon heightened ...
Stran 173
... Sublime . " So Swift ridiculed the cult of unintelligibility in a facetious allusion to the obscure heights claimed by the enthusiasts of witty sublimity . To attribute bathetic depths to the height aspired to in the sublime or in wit ...
... Sublime . " So Swift ridiculed the cult of unintelligibility in a facetious allusion to the obscure heights claimed by the enthusiasts of witty sublimity . To attribute bathetic depths to the height aspired to in the sublime or in wit ...
Stran 174
... sublime heights to which only great poetry can rise . Thus , he stated that " those who have a Taste of the Sublime " are " very few , but the Profund strikes universally , and is adapted to every Capacity . " 53 He also contrasted the ...
... sublime heights to which only great poetry can rise . Thus , he stated that " those who have a Taste of the Sublime " are " very few , but the Profund strikes universally , and is adapted to every Capacity . " 53 He also contrasted the ...
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