1792 DIONYSIUS LONGINUS on SUBLIME antique ANCIENT GREEK WORK in ENGLISH

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Title: 1792 DIONYSIUS LONGINUS on SUBLIME antique ANCIENT GREEK WORK in ENGLISH

Description: William Smith.
Dionysius Longinus on the Sublime.
Dublin; 1792

Size 4 by 6 1/2"
Original leather binding, both covers are detached
Very good interior condition, minor toning and foxing.
Text in English

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 examples of good and bad writing from the previous millennium, focusing particularly on what may lead to the sublime

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1792 DIONYSIUS LONGINUS on SUBLIME antique ANCIENT GREEK WORK in ENGLISH

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