The importance of the sublime as a means to understanding gothic texts, using examples from of number of gothic works.
Title: The importance of the sublime as a means to understanding gothic texts, using examples from of number of gothic works.
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The importance of the sublime as a means to understanding gothic texts, using examples from of number of gothic works.
Category: /Literature
Details: Words: 2215 | Pages: 8 (approximately 235 words/page)
An archaic cathedral resides among a savage forest where darkness reigns as the sole inhabitant among the shadows of the trees. This image would fill anyone with a sense of terror in the obscurity and power existing in it. However, delight in the awe and astonishment of this scene would be simultaneously produced. As a result, this setting is considered sublime. According to one of the most prolific and influential theorists on the sublime, Edmund …showed first 75 words of 2215 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2215 total…Castle of Otranto; A Gothic Story. London: Oxford University Press
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