on the horizon a poetics of the sublime in virginia woolfs the waves - Audiolibro

'On the Horizon: A Poetics of the Sublime in Virginia Woolf’s The Waves' examines how Virginia Woolf uses the novel to explore the experience of the sublime – a feeling of overwhelming awe, terror, and transcendence – as a central theme. It’s not just about grand, dramatic moments of beauty, but about a more subtle and pervasive sense of being pulled into something vast and mysterious, like the ocean. The novel suggests that this sublime experience isn’t about a single, fixed point of understanding, but rather a continuous, almost overwhelming process of becoming – a merging with the infinite. It highlights how the characters’ attempts to grasp and understand the sublime are ultimately limited and, paradoxically, lead to a deeper, more intuitive connection with the unknown.