Dec 23, 2009

On the Sublime | On the Sublime

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Author: Longinus
First Published: 1652
Type of Work: Literary criticism
Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction
Subjects: Nature, Authors or writers, Literature, Art or artists, Poetry or poets, Criticism, Drama or dramatists, Greek or Roman times, Greece or Greek people

Critical Evaluation:

On the Sublime is one of a number of classical literary treatises that pose the often-considered problem of nature versus art, of the relative contributions of natural genius or inspiration and of acquired skill to great writing. The author of On the Sublime, who almost certainly was not Longinus but an anonymous Greek rhetorician of the first century, argues throughout his work that it is a writer’s genius that lifts the reader out of himself or herself, above the limitations of reason. The author also points out that it takes great skill,...

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On the Sublime | On the Sublime

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