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English translation: INVERTED SUBLIME
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INVERTED SUBLIME Explanation: / -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 mins (2008-09-05 17:17:42 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~felluga/syn28N00.html We are also presented with certain reworkings of Romantic conventions: an inverted sublime in descriptions of the jungle, Kurtz's exploration of the "dark side of the self," and a Romantic hero of sorts (as we learn on p. 58, Kurtz even writes poetry). You might also want to check this reference (page 22) http://books.google.com/books?id=8LIvelheSDQC&pg=PA22&lpg=PA... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 mins (2008-09-05 17:21:09 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Another interesting reference with a definition. Please see if it suits your context. http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:5BbPSNdXR6cJ:seemagazin... Burtynsky combs the planet with his camera looking for examples of what he calls *** "the inverted sublime" *** –instances where man is dwarfed not by nature, but by his own creations. Baichwal’s approach is very in tune with the style of her subject, quietly surveying the immensity of the sprawling factories, strip mines, shipworks, and mountains of refuse Burtynsky transforms into eerily beautiful photos. |
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