Poetics. Longinus: On the Sublime. Demetrius: On Style Hardcover - 1996
by Aristotle; Stephen Halliwell (Translator); Longinus
Summary
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This volume brings together the three most original and influential ancient Greek treatises on literature. Artistotle's Poetics contains his treatment of Greek tragedy: its history, nature, and conventions, with details on poetic diction. Stephen Halliwell makes this seminal work newly accessible with a reliable text and a translation that is both accurate and readable. His authoritative introduction traces the work's debt to earlier theorists (especially Plato), its distinctive argument, and the reasons behind its enduring relevance. The essay On the Sublime, usually attributed to "Longinus" (identity uncertain), was probably composed in the first century A.D.; its subject is the appreciation of greatness ("the sublime") in writing, with analysis of illustrative passages ranging from Homer and Sappho to Plato and Genesis. In this edition, Donald Russell has judiciously revised and newly annotated the text and translation by W. Hamilton Fyfe and provides a new introduction. The treatise On Style, ascribed to an (again unidentifiable) Demetrius, was perhaps composed during the second century B.C. It seems to reflect the theoretical energy of Hellenistic rhetorical works now lost, and is notable particularly for its theory and analysis of four distinct styles (grand, elegant, plain, and forceful). Doreen Innes' fresh rendering of the work is based on the earlier Loeb translation by W. Rhys Roberts. Her new introduction and notes represent the latest scholarship.
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- Title Poetics. Longinus: On the Sublime. Demetrius: On Style
- Author Aristotle; Stephen Halliwell (Translator); Longinus
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 544
- Volumes 1
- Language GRC
- Publisher Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Date March 1996
- Features Annotated, Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index
- ISBN 9780674995635 / 0674995635
- Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 6.62 x 4.76 x 0.69 in (16.81 x 12.09 x 1.75 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Library of Congress subjects Aesthetics, Style, Literary
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94005113
- Dewey Decimal Code 808.2
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