To relish the sublime : culture and self-realisation in postmodern times

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Title:

Author:

Ryle, Martin H.

ISBN:

9781859846865

9781859844618

Personal Author:

Ryle, Martin H.

Publication Information:

London ; New York : Verso, 2002.

Physical Description:

262 p.; 22 cm.

Contents:

Introduction: To relish the sublime? -- Philosophical Conceptions. 1. Philosophy and self-realisation. 2. Cultural self-realisation: countervailing forces and sceptical voices -- Fictional Representations. 3. À tendency to set the mind in motion': novel-reading and self-realisation. 4. Culture and self-realisation: realist engagements. 5. Culture and self-realisation: modernist distances -- Conclusion: Culture and self-realisation in postmodern times.

Subject Term:

English fiction -- History and criticism.

Philosophy in literature.

Self-realization in literature.

Sublime, The, in literature.

Postmodernism (Literature)

Geographic Term:

Great Britain -- Civilization -- 20th century.

Great Britain -- Civilization -- 19th century.

Added Author:

Soper, Kate.

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Summary

In this work, the authors explore the growing tensions and contradictions between Matthew Arnold's enduring ideal (that human beings must be compelled to relish the sublime) and the contemporary world of work, pleasure and consumption.