Sublime Cosmos in Graeco-Roman Literature and Its Reception: Intersections of Myth, Science and History...

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Professor David Christenson Cynthia White

Sublime Cosmos in Graeco-Roman Literature and Its Reception

Intersections of Myth, Science and History

Professor David Christenson, Cynthia White

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Bloomsbury Academic
04 April 2024

Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Ancient religions & mythologies

The essays collected in this volume examine manifestations of our sublime cosmos in ancient literature and its reception. Individual themes include religious mystery; calendrical and cyclical thinking as ordering principles of human experience; divine birth and the manifold nature of divinity (both awesome and terrifying); contemplation of the sky and meteorological (ir)regularity; fears associated with overpowering natural and anthropogenic events; and the aspirations and limitations of human expression. In texts ranging from Homer to Keats, the volume’s chapters apply diverse critical methods and approaches that engage with sublimity in various aesthetic, agential and metaphysical aspects. The ancient texts – epic, dramatic, historiographic and lyric – treated here are rooted in a remote world where, within a framework of (perceived) celestial order, literature, myth and science still communicated profoundly, a tradition that continued in literary receptions of these ancient works.

This volume honours the intellectual legacy of Thomas D. Worthen, a scholar whose expertise and insights cut across multiple disciplines, and who influenced and inspired students and colleagues at the University of Arizona, USA, for over three decades. Beyond clarifying temporally and culturally distant contemplations of the human universe, these essays aim to inform the continuing sense of wonder and horror at the sublime heights and depths of our ever-changing cosmos.

Edited by: Professor David Christenson, Cynthia White
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781350344679
ISBN 10: 1350344672
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 04 April 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Christenson is Professor of Classics at the University of Arizona, USA. He is the author of eight books, including Plautus: Casina (Bloomsbury, 2019). Cynthia White is Professor of Classics at the University of Arizona, USA, and is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, Italy.

Reviews for Sublime Cosmos in Graeco-Roman Literature and Its Reception: Intersections of Myth, Science and History

This is an excellent study of the idea of the sublime cosmos in ancient Greco-Roman thought: wide ranging, informative, up to date, methodologically diverse and dealing with interesting intersections of myth, history and science. -- Andrew Gregory, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, University College London, UK