{"product_id":"heroic-awe-the-sublime-and-the-remaking-of-renaissance-epic-hardback-9781487545369","title":"Heroic Awe; The Sublime and the Remaking of Renaissance Epic (Hardback) 9781487545369","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHeroic Awe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Sublime and the Remaking of Renaissance Epic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKelly Lehtonen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487545369\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 December 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e252 pages, 2 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 1.9 cm, 0.5 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eHeroic Awe\u003c\/em\u003e is an accomplished and polished book, more remarkably so since it must have been revised, copyedited, and proofed during the first two to three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, a heroic feat for any scholar.\" - Jessica Wolfe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (\u003cem\u003eModern Philology\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the Renaissance, the most renowned model of epic poetry was Virgil\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e, a poem promoting an influential concept of heroism based on the commitment to one\u0026amp;#x2019;s nation and gods. However, Longinus\u0026amp;#x2019; theory of the sublime – newly recovered during the Renaissance – contradicted this absolute devotion to nation as a marker of religious piety. \u003ci\u003eHeroic Awe\u003c\/i\u003e explores how Renaissance epic poetry used the sublime to challenge the assumption that epic heroism was primarily about civic duty and glorification of state.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book demonstrates how the significant investment of Renaissance epic poetry in Longinus\u0026amp;#x2019; 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 \u003ci\u003eGerusalemme Liberata\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLes Semaines\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Faerie Queene\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e. In illuminating the role of Longinus along with that of religious discourses, \u003ci\u003eHeroic Awe\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrations \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Sublime in Renaissance Epic \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Longinus in Renaissance Theories of Heroic Poetry \u003cbr\u003e2. The Tassoan Sublime and the Counter-Reformation: Charisma and Romance in the \u003cem\u003eGerusalemme Liberata\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e3. Divine Mystery and the Inscrutable Sublime in Du Bartas\u0026amp;#x2019; \u003cem\u003eLes Semaines\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Spenser\u0026amp;#x2019;s Protestant Sublime in the \u003cem\u003eLegend of Holiness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Milton\u0026amp;#x2019;s Sacrificial Sublime: Idolatry and Relationship in \u003cem\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Virgil, Empire, and Sublimity in \u003cem\u003eParadise Regained\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52716601082136,"sku":"9781487545369","price":37.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/heroic-awe-the-sublime-and-the-remaking-of-renaissance-epic-hardback-9781487545369","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}