The Skeptical Sublime: Aesthetics Ideology in Pope and the Tory Satirists
Author:   James Noggle (Assistant Professor of English, Assistant Professor of English, Wellesley College)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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Pages:   288
Publication Date:   15 November 2001
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The Skeptical Sublime: Aesthetics Ideology in Pope and the Tory Satirists


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Author:   James Noggle (Assistant Professor of English, Assistant Professor of English, Wellesley College)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780195142457


ISBN 10:   0195142454
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   15 November 2001
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Introduction: The Skeptical Sublime - Aesthetic Ideology in Pope and the Tory Satirists 2: The Abyss of Reason: Rochester, Dryden, and the Skeptical Origins of Sublimity 3: Civil Enthusiasm in A Tale of a Tub 4: The Public Universe: An Essay on Man and the Limits of the Sublime Tradition 5: Pope's mitations of Horace and the Authority of Inconsistency 6: Knowing Ridicule and Skeptical Reflection in the Moral Essays 7: Modernity and the Skeptical Sublime in the Final Dunciad Notes Bibliography Index

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The importance of James Noggle's fine study lies both in its challenge to our expectations of where we are likely to encounter the sublime, and in its realignment of the trope's philosophical affiliations ... This study ends with a compelling discussion of the final Dunciad. Kelly Grovier, Times Literary Supplement


The importance of James Noggle's fine study lies both in its challenge to our expectations of where we are likely to encounter the sublime, and in its realignment of the trope's philosophical affiliations.... This study ends with a compelling discussion of the final Dunciad. --Times Literary Supplement The importance of James Noggle's fine study lies both in its challenge to our expectations of where we are likely to encounter the sublime, and in its realignment of the trope's philosophical affiliations.... This study ends with a compelling discussion of the final Dunciad. --Times Literary Supplement


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