Sublime Worlds

Emma Gilby

• Introduction 1. Longinus 2. The Sublime and the Tragic 3. Theatrical Controversy 4. Corneille's Movements 5. Pascalian 'Connaissance' 6. Knowledge, Experience, and the Uses of ‘Expérience’ for Pascal 7. Embodiments of Experience: Montaigne and Augustine 8. Translations and Reflections 9. The Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes and the Sublime

...a fresh and compelling take on the period.' -- The French Review The French Review