Sublime (literary)

For other uses of "Sublime", see Sublime (disambiguation).

The sublime in literature refers to the use of language and description that excites the senses of the reader to a degree that exceeds the ordinary limits of that individual's capacities.[1]

  1. ^ Cardin, Matt (2017). Horror Literature through History: An Encyclopedia of the Stories that Speak to Our Deepest Fears, Volume 1. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. p. 782. ISBN 978-1-4408-4201-6.