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Complex, far-ranging, at times dazzling, there is nothing really comparable to the sweep of this work - Clark Hulse, University of Illinois at Chicago This is a magnum opus in every sense of the word [...] A thorough, indeed breath-takingly thorough knowledge of Shakespearean writing is everywhere in evidence - Andrew Hiscock, Bangor University Complex, far-ranging, at times dazzling, there is nothing really comparable to the sweep of this work --Clark Hulse, University of Illinois at Chicago This is a magnum opus in every sense of the word [...] A thorough, indeed breath-takingly thorough knowledge of Shakespearean writing is everywhere in evidence --Andrew Hiscock, Bangor University Taken together, then, these two works on Shakespeare's sublime [Shakespeare's Sublime Ethos and Shakespeare's Sublime Pathos] represent an outstanding contribution not only to Shakespeare studies, but more broadly to intellectual history. In seeking to make intelligible the seemingly inexplicable, Sell has succeeded in revealing the secrets of the apparent magic of the sublime. --Rocio G. Sumillera, Universidad de Granada

Complex, far-ranging, at times dazzling, there is nothing really comparable to the sweep of this work - Clark Hulse, University of Illinois at Chicago This is a magnum opus in every sense of the word [...] A thorough, indeed breath-takingly thorough knowledge of Shakespearean writing is everywhere in evidence - Andrew Hiscock, Bangor University Complex, far-ranging, at times dazzling, there is nothing really comparable to the sweep of this work --Clark Hulse, University of Illinois at Chicago This is a magnum opus in every sense of the word [...] A thorough, indeed breath-takingly thorough knowledge of Shakespearean writing is everywhere in evidence --Andrew Hiscock, Bangor University Taken together, then, these two works on Shakespeare's sublime [Shakespeare's Sublime Ethos and Shakespeare's Sublime Pathos] represent an outstanding contribution not only to Shakespeare studies, but more broadly to intellectual history. In seeking to make intelligible the seemingly inexplicable, Sell has succeeded in revealing the secrets of the apparent magic of the sublime. --Rocio G. Sumillera, Universidad de Granada The powerful categorizing of the sublime's coefficients is proof of Sell's immense merit and designates this monograph as superior research destined to become seminal in Shakespeare studies. --Zenon Luis-Martinez

""Complex, far-ranging, at times dazzling, there is nothing really comparable to the sweep of this work"" - Clark Hulse, University of Illinois at Chicago ""This is a magnum opus in every sense of the word […] A thorough, indeed breath-takingly thorough knowledge of Shakespearean writing is everywhere in evidence"" - Andrew Hiscock, Bangor University ""Complex, far-ranging, at times dazzling, there is nothing really comparable to the sweep of this work"" --Clark Hulse, University of Illinois at Chicago ""This is a magnum opus in every sense of the word […] A thorough, indeed breath-takingly thorough knowledge of Shakespearean writing is everywhere in evidence"" --Andrew Hiscock, Bangor University ""Taken together, then, these two works on Shakespeare’s sublime [Shakespeare’s Sublime Ethos and Shakespeare’s Sublime Pathos] represent an outstanding contribution not only to Shakespeare studies, but more broadly to intellectual history. In seeking to make intelligible the seemingly inexplicable, Sell has succeeded in revealing the secrets of the apparent magic of the sublime."" --Rocío G. Sumillera, Universidad de Granada ""The powerful categorizing of the sublime’s coefficients is proof of Sell’s immense merit and designates this monograph as superior research destined to become seminal in Shakespeare studies."" --Zenón Luis-Martínez

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Jonathan P. A. Sell is Professor of English Literature at the Universidad de Alcalá, Spain. He holds degrees from the universities of Oxford, London and Alcalá, and his main fields of research are early modern and contemporary literature. He has written numerous articles and several books, including Rhetoric and Wonder in English Travel Writing, 1560–1613 (2006), Allusion, Identity and Community (2012) and Conocer a Shakespeare [Getting to Know Shakespeare] (2012).

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