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Curated by: Adam Walker - Close Reading Poetry (237 videos)
What is the "Sublime" and why has it been central to great literature for over two thousand years? In this lecture, I BRIEFLY trace the development of the Sublime from Longinus through Milton, Addison, Lowth, Burke, and Kant, and into the poetry of the Romantics (Wordsworth, Shelley, and Byron). Literary greatness Bloom & Johnson: 0:00-5:50 Longinus 5:50-11:50 The religious, medieval sublime 11:50-18:30 Longinus introduced to England 18:30-20:10 John Milton's Sublime 20:10-26:40 Joseph Addison 26:40-31:50 Robert Lowth 31:50-36:41 Edmund Burke 38:41-41:44 Immanuel Kant 41:44-45:00 William Wordsworth 45:00-50:12 Percy Bysshe Shelley 50:12-56:22 Lord Byron 56:22-1:01:32