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    sublimation

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    intermediate liquid phase. The ability of any types of solids to sublime depends on the compound’s triple point based on its phase diagram – typically the lower the pressure‚ the lower the sublimation temperature. (Note that the pressure and temperature of the desired substance must be below its triple point in order to sublime – Figure 1). Solid compounds that can sublime are very rare‚ for example‚ solid carbon dioxide (a.k.a. dry ice) can sublime at 1 atm pressure at 78.5 °C. For sublimation to occur‚

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    Beauty Shelley

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    “Beauty is Goodness‚ Goodness Beauty”: Shelley’s “Awful Shadow” and “Ethical Sublime” Chung-hsuan Tung Intergrams 8.2-9.1 (2008): http://benz.nchu.edu.tw/~intergrams/082-091/082-091-tung.pdf Abstract Truth‚ Beauty‚ and Goodness are three great human ideals belonging to epistemological‚ aesthetic‚ and ethical categories‚ respectively. all other Forms or Ideas including Truth and Beauty. But they are often not easily differentiated. For Plato Goodness is the supreme Form or Idea governing

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    how we might add a third dimension”(Spuybroek‚ p. 36). What of the middle ground between beauty and sublime? Almost immediately my mind scrolled though it’s horror section in search for what I thought of that was sublime‚ and yet‚ beautiful and knowingly horrible? The entire process of charting values‚ because that is what beauty is: accurately applying value based on the sensory level of sublime or picturesque‚ produces a more precise means to the

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    Jean Francois Lyotard

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    “Answering the Question: What Is Postmodernism?” By Jean-François Lyotard‚ trans. Régis Durand. NOTE: Written in 1982‚ as postscript to The Postmodern Condition (1979) A Demand This is a “period of slackening” in the “color of the times”. “From every direction we are being urged to put an end to experimentation‚ in the arts and elsewhere”. Bauhaus (1919-1933 Germany: Walter Gropius founded this movement of artists‚ writers‚ architects. Shut down by Hitler for being very radical‚ left-wing)

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    Kant and Emerson

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    “Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime” section one by Immanuel Kant. Immanuel Kant begins with discussing the idea that feeling happy or sad does not come from the nature of external things but more of what a person’s ability to let things make them feel pleasure of pain. He stresses that all people are different. Something that may make someone feel upset can make another happy. Kant then continues to talk about the feeling of the sublime and beautiful. He uses examples to display his

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    Romantic poetry is a type of poetry in which one unifies himself with humanity and nature. The era of the romantic poets (1790-1830) produced the substantial characteristics of ideal romantic poetry that still ring true today: nature‚ humanity‚ sublime‚ grotesque‚ and other aspects as well. Henceforth‚ when further poets began writing poetry‚ inspiration and ideas were pulled from the numerous aspects of romantic poetry. One inspired poet‚ Mary Shelly‚ took inspiration from her previous romantic

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    Brad Nowell Analysis

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    "Lovin’ is what I got." Simple words written by a simple man. A simple man who was not a poet‚ or a master lyricist for that matter. The front man for Sublime. Brad Nowell was a happy go lucky soul with a rock star attitude. He first laid his fingers on the wood and wire at the age of thirteen and immediately began to develop his own niche in the music world. Inspired by reggae and his Southern Californian upbringing‚ his unique guitar playing burnt up auditions and shows alike and would eventually

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    Gothic literature

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    Do you know what is the strongest and the oldest emotion known to the mankind? That is fear. And gothic literature can be explained as fear-literature. But the true gothic tale has something more than secret murder‚ bloody bones‚ or clanking chains . So‚ let me explain how to know what is the real gothic book. First of all‚ i will give you some backround. Gothic fiction began as a joke.In 1764 author Horace Walpole first applied the word ‘Gothic’ to a novel in the subtitle – ‘A Gothic Story’ – of

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    poetry that elevates the common mans experience to the sublime. (6) The relevance produced by this poetry‚ whether it is an abundance of emotion expressed by Wordsworth‚ a philosophical initiative presented by Coleridge‚ or a spiritual awakening depicted by Shelley‚ is sparked by the tenor of social and political circumstances at the time. A few of the characteristics of the Romantic period are 1.) Emphasis on the individual‚ 2.) Belief in the sublime‚ 3.) Emphasis on nature‚ 4.) Organicism‚ 5.) Supernaturalism

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    terror and horror are gendered in order to express existing worries regarding virtue. Edmund Burke‚ a Philosopher of gothic novels is often contrasted with no emotion and is portrayed stronger than fear and terror‚ which is the true inspiration of the sublime. Terror is a sense of uneasiness and is produced by fear. Horror is physical‚ accompanied by shock‚ the realization of fear. In the novel‚ The Monk‚ women are more likely to experience terror‚ while men were more likely to experience horror. An

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