I am at the point with my dissertation research (working title: The nature and representation of the sublime) where ideas are starting to gel. It is a pleasant point, where half-formed ideas, associations etc. are swimming around in the head and all things are possible. I have decided to do the option of a shorter dissertation with a 30 minute presentation. This fits with a talk I am giving in early November on “German Romantics, Minimalism and the Sublime” to Bangor U3A and Probus. There is nothing like a deadline to focus the mind.
