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Celebrated for its own clarity and sublime style, this classic work of literary theory draws on the writings of Demosthenes, Plato, Sappho, Thucydides, Euripides, and Aeschylus, among others, to examine and delineate the essentials of a noble style. The complete translation,... Read Full Overview

On the Sublime is a Roman-era Greek work of literary criticism dated to the 1st century AD. Its author is unknown, but is conventionally referred to as Longinus or Pseudo-Longinus. It is regarded as a classic work on aesthetics and the effects of good writing. The treatise highlights... Read Full Overview

On the Sublime is a Roman-era Greek work of literary criticism dated to the 1st century AD. Its author is unknown, but is conventionally referred to as Longinus or Pseudo-Longinus. It is regarded as a classic work on aestheticsand the effects of good writing. The treatise highlights... Read Full Overview

This is the 1907 second edition of W. Rhys Roberts' Longinus on the Sublime. The volume contains the Greek text edited after the Paris manuscript, an extensive introduction, and a thorough and accessible translation of the main text. Roberts' introduction is divided into two... Read Full Overview

Celebrated for its own clarity and sublime style, this classic work of literary theory draws on the writings of Demosthenes, Plato, Sappho, Thucydides, Euripides, and Aeschylus, among others, to examine and delineate the essentials of a noble style. The complete translation,... Read Full Overview

Saint Longinus' writing On The Sublime has been considered a classic since it was first written and remains a piece worth reading.

Originally published in 1987, this book contains the full Greek text of Longinus on the Sublime, alongside the English translation.

A translation which refers the reader to related usages, additional readings of interest, and parallel examples of the various rhetorical constructions in the works of such authors as Shakespeare, Bacon, Sterne, and T.S. Eliot.

The ""Works of Dionysius Longinus on the Sublime"" is a treatise concerning the art of writing and the qualities that make writing truly great. Written by Dionysius Longinus, a Greek writer and literary critic of the 1st century AD, this book is an exploration of the concept... Read Full Overview

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Originally published in 1987, this book contains the full Greek text of Longinus on the Sublime, alongside the English translation.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.

Longinus on the sublime. The Greek text edited after the Paris Manuskript. This book, "Longinus on the sublime", by William Rhys Roberts, is a replication of a book originally published before 1907. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview