In: Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, ed. Alex Preminger (Princeton University Press: 1974), p. 819
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Sublimity is the echo of greatness of spirit.
— Longinus
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About Longinus
Longinus (or Pseudo-Longinus) is the name conventionally given to the author of an influential work of literary criticism, On the Sublime, the author's real name being unknown. He wrote in Greek and probably lived in the 1st century AD.
About Longinus
Longinus (or Pseudo-Longinus) is the name conventionally given to the author of an influential work of literary criticism, On the Sublime, the author's real name being unknown. He wrote in Greek and probably lived in the 1st century AD.
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