Like other spaces of the Enlightenment, sublime was what Michel de Certeau might have called “a practiced place.” Its rhetorical commonplaces, philosophical terrains, and associated physical environments were cultivated, shaped, framed by human action habit. But can sublime—epiphanic, quasi-spiritual, unmasterable, extraordinary—ever really become a habit? Is it possible, even natural, to habit...

chromatic sculptures from layers of paper, considers Outbreak, this month’s cover image, an exploration “of the microbiological sublime.” Spilling from their petri dishes, overflowing into the space between them, the organisms appear kinetic; the sweep of light and shadow across the image adds depth and dimension to the all-white forms. For full impact, though, this sculpture needs to be viewed...

Si otrora un buen número de textos diarísticos fueron ignorados por la crítica al adolecer veracidad y rigor, en actualidad ficción prevalece como principal elemento continuidad el que se apoya literatura para crear obras maestras. Conocedoras los nuevos gustos estéticos europeos, respuesta a lo sublime masculino, las escritoras Dorothy Wordsworth Francisca Ruiz Larrea defienden compromiso muje...

Cet article confronte la réception du sublime kantien chez Schiller et Schelling, ainsi que leurs analyses tragique, en particulier héros tragique. Ce dernier incarne pour les deux auteurs réalisation de liberté humaine. Toutefois, malgré similitudes qu’offrent pensées, des différences majeures existent. L’article vise à faire voir ces comprendre faisant appel aux positions philosophiques plus ...

These considerations aim to discuss the diction of sublime in Augusto dos Anjos’ poetry, whose particularities seem respond perception crisis ideal. The opening language a transcendent dimension, reveals contact points with representation low, renewing when it approaches grotesque. poetry finds articulation between devices and grotesque platform renew service greatness, no longer accessible tra...