Icelandic Sublime's Connotations

Authors : Emre SAY

Pages : 53-70

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Publication Date : 2017-10-27

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This paper discusses the notion of Icelandic sublime with reference to a number of subjects identifiable or comparable with it including its relation to Romanticism, Cartesian physical-mental schism which tends to be conciliated in Icelandic case, Freudian pleasure principle which asserts itself in the elimination of evocatively nature-culture dichotomy, and the 19th century versatile intellectual William Morris for whom Iceland stood as the most exquisite available embodiment of his socialistmedievalist Arcadia. In this respect, the paper displays an interdisciplinary outlook as it draws on various fields inclusive of history, philosophy, folklore, languageliterature, and last but not least psychoanalysis. 
Keywords : Iceland, Sublime, William Morris