Essays about: "the sublime."

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1. 21. Robert Louis Stevenson’s Romantic Sensibility : Nature and Human Emotion in An Inland Voyage and Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Carl-Ludwig Davidsson; [2017]
   Keywords : Robert Louis Stevenson; An Inland Voyage; Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes; the beautiful; the sublime; the picturesque;

   Abstract : In the latter half of the 19th century, Robert Louis Stevenson set off on two journeys through Belgium and France, two travels that were to become the subject of his early travelogues An Inland Voyage and Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes. In these two travelogues Stevenson elaborates extensively on depictions of nature, and through these depictions, Stevenson suggests that there exists a special relationship between natural beauty and human emotion. READ MORE

3. 22. Structures of a depiction which I no longer remember

   University essay from Konstfack/Textil

   Author : Katja Beckman; [2016]
   Keywords : Tapestry; Textile; Craft; Yellow;

   Abstract : I'll make a big, yellow tapestry. In the project I'll examine textures and surfaces in a monumental tapestry, and the translation of an image into a tapestry through reliefs and materials. I'm a tapestry weaver, and in this project I'll work with structures and the sculptural aspect of weaving in an abstract tapestry. READ MORE

4. 23. The Sublime

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Disa Reuterswärd; [2016]
   Keywords : Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : In our everyday life we live distant from the origin of life itself - nature. Dramatic landscape and fascinating views touch us in a way that few other things manage to do. It is something that make us recognize our powerlessness and the feeling of awe towards the nature. READ MORE

5. 24. The Social Construction of Swedish Nature as a Touristic Attraction

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Miljöförändring

   Author : Emelie Fälton; [2016]
   Keywords : Nature - culture relations; Sweden; Text analysis; Tourism; Visual analysis;

   Abstract : Sweden is a country with a lot of tourism that is dependent on nature as a touristic resource. Nature itself is a complex concept with different interpretations. In this thesis, the social construction of the Swedish nature as a touristic attraction is scrutinized. READ MORE

6. 25. The Non-World : Inaccessibility and Law in Charles Dickens' Bleak House

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Jonathan Foster; [2016]
   Keywords : Charles Dickens; Bleak House; non-world; Chancery; law; Pierre Bourdieu; Fredric Jameson; cognitive mapping; space; time; geocriticism; possible-worlds theory; the sublime.;

   Abstract : The representation of Chancery court in Charles Dickens’ Bleak House (1852-3) emphasises the inaccessibility of this institution to members of the laity. Dickens’ critique of Chancery chimes with Pierre Bourdieu’s sociological description of law as a formalistic social field defined by practices of exclusion. READ MORE