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Celebrated for its own clarity and sublime style, this classic work of literary theory draws on the writings of Demosthenes, Plato, Sappho, Thucydides, Euripides, and Aeschylus, among others, to examine and delineate the essentials of a noble style. The complete translation, from the Greek of A. O. Prickard's Oxford text, features an introduction by Grube, establishing the historical and critical context of the work, and a biographical index.

On Great Writing (On the Sublime)

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Hardback by Longinus , G. M. A. Grube

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Celebrated for its own clarity and sublime style, this classic work of literary theory draws on the writings of Demosthenes,... Read more

    Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
    Publication Date: 01/02/1991
    ISBN13: 9780872200814, 978-0872200814
    ISBN10: 872200817

    Number of Pages: 88

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

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    Celebrated for its own clarity and sublime style, this classic work of literary theory draws on the writings of Demosthenes, Plato, Sappho, Thucydides, Euripides, and Aeschylus, among others, to examine and delineate the essentials of a noble style. The complete translation, from the Greek of A. O. Prickard's Oxford text, features an introduction by Grube, establishing the historical and critical context of the work, and a biographical index.

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