Œuvres diverses avec Le Traité du Sublime ou du merveilleux dans le discours vol. 2 - Boileau Despréaux, Nicolas 1636-1711; Longinus c. 213-273 (Amsterdam Schelte, 1713)
see also 06N04
On the Sublime is both a treatise on aesthetics and a work of literary criticism. It is written in an epistolary form and the final part, possibly dealing with public speaking, has been lost. The treatise is sometimes dedicated to Posthumius Terentianus, a cultured Roman and public figure, though little else is known of him. On the Sublime is a compendium of literary exemplars, with about fifty authors spanning 1,000 years mentioned or quoted. Along with the expected examples from Homer and other figures of Greek culture, Longinus refers to a passage from Genesis.
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Keywords: Classical Antiquity (8th Century BC-6th Century AD); 17th Century (1601-1700); Literature; Sublime; Philosophy; Esthetics; opera; Corneille; Racine; vaudeville; Lambert, M; satire; Lully, J.B.; madrigaal; Cromwell; Molière; tuinman