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This volume brings together the three most original and influential
ancient Greek treatises on literature. Artistotle's Poetics
contains his treatment of Greek tragedy: its history, nature, and
conventions, with details on poetic diction. Stephen Halliwell
makes this seminal work newly accessible with a reliable text and a
translation that is both accurate and readable. His authoritative
introduction traces the work's debt to earlier theorists
(especially Plato), its distinctive argument, and the reasons
behind its enduring relevance. The essay On the Sublime, usually
attributed to "Longinus" (identity uncertain), was probably
composed in the first century A.D.; its subject is the appreciation
of greatness ("the sublime") in writing, with analysis of
illustrative passages ranging from Homer and Sappho to Plato and
Genesis. In this edition, Donald Russell has judiciously revised
and newly annotated the text and translation by W. Hamilton Fyfe
and provides a new introduction. The treatise On Style, ascribed to
an (again unidentifiable) Demetrius, was perhaps composed during
the second century B.C. It seems to reflect the theoretical energy
of Hellenistic rhetorical works now lost, and is notable
particularly for its theory and analysis of four distinct styles
(grand, elegant, plain, and forceful). Doreen Innes' fresh
rendering of the work is based on the earlier Loeb translation by
W. Rhys Roberts. Her new introduction and notes represent the
latest scholarship.
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