"'Port Dick, near Cook’s Inlet’, by Henry Humphrys"
In this scene, the Alutiiq Indians are dwarfed by the landscape and sky. Not only are they subjected to the surveillance/discovery of Captain Vancouver, but their smallness of scale, and the absence of any mention of human presence in the short title, perhaps hints at their merely temporary occupati...
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ftumelbourne:oai:jupiter.its.unimelb.edu.au:11343/190563 2023-05-15T13:21:21+02:00 "'Port Dick, near Cook’s Inlet’, by Henry Humphrys" OTTO, P Nedeau-Owen, A 2013-10-01 http://hdl.handle.net/11343/190563 https://www.rc.umd.edu/gallery/about/editorial-board unknown University of Maryland issn:1528-8129 https://www.rc.umd.edu/gallery/about/editorial-board OTTO, P; Nedeau-Owen, A, "'Port Dick, near Cook’s Inlet’, by Henry Humphrys", Romantic Circles: A refereed scholarly Website devoted to the study of Romantic-period literature and culture, 2013 1528-8129 http://hdl.handle.net/11343/190563 Journal Article 2013 ftumelbourne 2019-10-15T12:20:21Z In this scene, the Alutiiq Indians are dwarfed by the landscape and sky. Not only are they subjected to the surveillance/discovery of Captain Vancouver, but their smallness of scale, and the absence of any mention of human presence in the short title, perhaps hints at their merely temporary occupation of the scene. Several questions arise: does their exoticism enhance or undermine the sublime? Moreover, is this a Kantian sublime that highlights mind over nature or a Burkean one that insists upon the physiological experience of pain and pleasure? In this scene, the Alutiiq Indians are dwarfed by the landscape and sky. Not only are they subjected to the surveillance/discovery of Captain Vancouver, but their smallness of scale, and the absence of any mention of human presence in the short title, perhaps hints at their merely temporary occupation of the scene. Several questions arise: does their exoticism enhance or undermine the sublime? Moreover, is this a Kantian sublime that highlights mind over nature or a Burkean one that insists upon the physiological experience of pain and pleasure? Article in Journal/Newspaper alutiiq The University of Melbourne: Digital Repository |
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In this scene, the Alutiiq Indians are dwarfed by the landscape and sky. Not only are they subjected to the surveillance/discovery of Captain Vancouver, but their smallness of scale, and the absence of any mention of human presence in the short title, perhaps hints at their merely temporary occupation of the scene. Several questions arise: does their exoticism enhance or undermine the sublime? Moreover, is this a Kantian sublime that highlights mind over nature or a Burkean one that insists upon the physiological experience of pain and pleasure? In this scene, the Alutiiq Indians are dwarfed by the landscape and sky. Not only are they subjected to the surveillance/discovery of Captain Vancouver, but their smallness of scale, and the absence of any mention of human presence in the short title, perhaps hints at their merely temporary occupation of the scene. Several questions arise: does their exoticism enhance or undermine the sublime? Moreover, is this a Kantian sublime that highlights mind over nature or a Burkean one that insists upon the physiological experience of pain and pleasure? |
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issn:1528-8129 https://www.rc.umd.edu/gallery/about/editorial-board OTTO, P; Nedeau-Owen, A, "'Port Dick, near Cook’s Inlet’, by Henry Humphrys", Romantic Circles: A refereed scholarly Website devoted to the study of Romantic-period literature and culture, 2013 1528-8129 http://hdl.handle.net/11343/190563 |
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