Poetics. Longinus: On the Sublime. Demetrius: On Style by Aristotle

Poetics. Longinus: On the Sublime. Demetrius: On Style by Aristotle

In Poetics Aristotle treats Greek tragedy and epic. The subject of On the Sublime, attributed to an (unidentifiable) Longinus and probably composed in the first century AD is greatness in writing. On Style, attributed to an (unidentifiable) Demetrius and perhaps composed in the second century BC, analyzes four literary styles.

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Stephen Halliwell is Professor of Greek at the University of St Andrews. Donald A. Russell, FBA (1920–2020) was Emeritus Professor of Classical Literature, University of Oxford, and Emeritus Fellow of St John’s College, Oxford. Doreen C. Innes is a Fellow in Classics at St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford.

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ISBN 13	9780674995635
ISBN 10	0674995635
Title	Poetics. Longinus: On the Sublime. Demetrius: On Style
Author	Aristotle
Series	Loeb Classical Library
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Harvard University Press
Year published	1995-01-01
Number of pages	544
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