On the Sublime

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Sprache: English

Genres: Klassiker (Griechische & Lateinische Antike)

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17 Kapitel

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1. dedication and translator's preface
2. Introduction
3. chapters I - III
4. chapters IV - VIII
5. chapter IX
6. chapter X - XI
7. XII - XIV
8. XV
9. XVI - XVIII
10. XIX - XXIV
11. XXV - XXX
12. XXXI - XXXII
13. XXXIII - XXXIV
14. XXXV - XXXVIII
15. XXXIX - XLII
16. XLIII - XLIV
17. Appendix

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This is a classical text on aesthetics and proper style in writing and rhetoric, including commentary on various ancient Greek works such as those of Plato, Homer, and Demosthenes. Authorship of this treatise is disputed/unknown, but the text is traditionally attributed to Longinus or Pseudo-Longinus. Introduction by Andrew Lang. (summary by Amelia Chesley, adapted from Wikipedia)