TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - Heroic awe : the sublime and the remaking of Renaissance epic
A1  - Lehtonen, Kelly, kirjoittaja
LA  - eng
PP  - Toronto
PB  - University of Toronto Press
YR  - 2023
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.5636124
AB  - "During the Renaissance, the most renowned model of epic poetry was Virgils Aeneid, a poem promoting an influential concept of heroism based on the commitment to ones nation and gods. However, Longinus theory of the sublime newly recovered during the Renaissance contradicted this absolute devotion to nation as a marker of religious piety. Heroic Awe explores how Renaissance epic poetry used the sublime to challenge the assumption that epic heroism was primarily about civic duty and glorification of state. The book demonstrates how the significant investment of Renaissance epic poetry in Longinus theory of the sublime reshaped the genre of epic. To do so, Kelly Lehtonen examines the intersection between the Longinian sublime and early modern Protestant and Catholic discourses in Renaissance poems such as the Gerusalemme Liberata, Les Semaines, The Faerie Queene, and Paradise Lost. In illuminating the role of Longinus along with that of religious discourses, Heroic Awe offers a new perspective on epic heroism in Renaissance epic poetry, redefining heroism as the capacity to be overwhelmed emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually by encounters with divine glory. In considering the links between religion, the sublime, and epic, the book aims to shed new light on several core topics in early modern studies, including epic heroism, Renaissance philosophy, theories of emotion, and the psychology of religion"--
SN  - 9781487545369 kovakantinen
KW  - 1450-1600
KW  - subliimi
KW  - det sublima
KW  - sankaruus
KW  - sankaritarina
KW  - renessanssi
KW  - lyriikka
KW  - Sublime, The, in literature.
KW  - Heroes in literature.
KW  - Epic poetry : History and criticism.
KW  - European poetry : Renaissance, 1450-1600 : History and criticism.
KW  - Sublime, The, in literature
KW  - Heroes in literature
KW  - Det sublima i litteraturen
KW  - Hjältar i litteraturen
KW  - Hjältediktning : historia
KW  - Europeisk poesi : historia
ER  -