Sacramental Commodities: Gift, Text, and the Sublime in De Quincey by Charles J. Rzepka

Sacramental Commodities: Gift, Text, and the Sublime in De Quincey

Charles J. Rzepka

360 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

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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 add...

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