Sacramental commodities : gift, text, and the sublime in De Quincey
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Sacramental commodities : gift, text, and the sublime in De Quincey
University of Massachusetts Press, c1995
- pbk. : alk. paper
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-323) and index
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This study argues that in the 18th and early 19th centuries writers fought against a perceived loss of authority by developing a theory of the rhetorical sublime. Against this background, the book examines the life and work of writer and opium addict Thomas De Quincey.
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