Magnificence and the Sublime in Medieval Aesthetics: Art, Architecture, Literature, Music

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S. Jaeger
Palgrave Macmillan US, Nov 17, 2010 - Literary Criticism - 309 pages
These essays recover the lively discussions on the topics of 'magnificence' and 'the sublime' in the art and literature of antiquity, the Renaissance, and the ages following, and apply them to the Middle Ages to draw exciting new conlcusions.

About the author (2010)


C. STEPHEN JAEGER is Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Germanic Language and Literature at the University of Illinois, USA.

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TitleMagnificence and the Sublime in Medieval Aesthetics: Art, Architecture, Literature, Music
The New Middle Ages
EditorS. Jaeger
Editionillustrated
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US, 2010
ISBN0230618987, 9780230618985
Length309 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Art / General
Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative
Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical
Literary Criticism / European / General
Literary Criticism / General
Literary Criticism / Medieval
Religion / Christianity / General
Religion / History
  
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