The Sublime Cosmic Abyss and the Bruno Exemplum in Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.
This article investigates the persuasive practice involved in the sublime depiction of space and the execution of Giordano Bruno in Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014). After a brief discussion of the aesthetic of the sublime, I explore how the writers and producers of Cosmos, first, attempt to evoke...
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Spring2020
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