Poe’s Dark Sublime and the Supernatural
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8864057 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Russell Brickey (0000-0001-5780-6302, Youngstown State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 100 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 785-804 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | English Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-838X • E-ISSN: 1744-4217 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0013838x.2019.1672448 |
| OpenAlex | W2989119396 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
Poe's sublime distinguishes itself from the Romantic Sublime by its link to a literal, rather than a metaphoric or perceptual, supernatural world. Such a construction—in which the perceiving subject actually comes into contact with the Sublime object—counters the “aesthetics of optimism” generally associated with the Sublime mode. This counter-sublime takes the perceiving subject into an experience of dissolution generally associated with dread of the underworld. In other instances, Poe seems to be parodying Sublimity. His purpose seems to subvert the Kantian dynamic Sublime, an inversion which critics have noted in Poe's fiction but not his poetry. Despite its removal from the world of actual phenomena, Poe's Sublime of the true supernatural is some of his most evocative writing
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Literature · Object (grammar · Perception · Poetry · Romance · Romanticism · Subject (documents · Sublime · Computer Science · Jungian Analytical Psychology · Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics · Poetry Analysis and Criticism · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |