Longinus' theory of the Sublime
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Longinus introduced sublimity as a type of eminence or excellence of discourse, especially in literature and oratory. In ancient times, poetry was believed to be the finest product of art and this can be traced in the writings of great... more
The sublime (das Erhabene) is known as a concept of aesthetics and literary criticism. In his Greek treatise On the Sublime, Longinus (or Pseudo-Longinus) examines surprising, overwhelming and elevating moments in literature. Such moments... more
Association for Art History, 50th Annual Conference, University of Bristol, 2024
One of the unsolved mysteries surrounding the treatise On the Sublime concerns the relationship between emotion (πάθος) and the sublime (ὕψος).1 It is obvious that emotions play a central role in On the Sublime. The author, whom I will... more
Neben der eingangs bezeichneten Verengung des Rezeptionshorizonts durch die Tradition der antirhetorischen französischen Literaturgeschichtsschreibung, in der die Räson des Klassizismus mit der »raison« philosophischer Rationalität... more
"Zelles komparatistischer Studie (Siegen, Habil.-Schr. 1995) liegt die These zugrunde, daß zur Bedingung der Ästhetik die Reflexion auf das ›Andere‹ zum Schönen gehört. Der systematische Ansatz wird anhand verschiedener historischer... more
Traducere şi note de C. Balmuş
Notiţă introductivă de D. M. Pippidi
Notiţă introductivă de D. M. Pippidi
An influential text in western literary criticism, On the Sublime is a 1st or 3 rd century AD manuscript discovered in 1554, and was translated into French in 1674. It gained wide attention in literary discourse only after the Romantic... more
A new edition of the treatise On the Sublime, with introduction, Greek text, facing Italian translation (by Laura Lulli), and extensive commentary (translated into Italian by Laura Lulli), together with an essay on the modern reception of... more
:In his article, Vrasidas Karalis explores the notion of sublime or sublimity as the field of colliding signifiers and of experiential frameworks in conflict. Instead of treating the traditional notion as a structural element of style of... more
Fronton évoque le sublime à propos de l’éloquence impériale principalement, car à ses yeux l’instrument de pouvoir par excellence est l’éloquence ; l’empereur, incarnant le pouvoir suprême, doit être doté d’une parole qui le place... more
"Más allá del paisaje con ermitaños, si las Soledades merecen llamarse “sublimes” es porque el lenguaje está en todo momento al borde del “completo colapso” (pantelei diaptōsei). La verdadera ascesis del poema es verbal; la lengua se... more
The Preface and Introduction to my anthology, The Sublime Reader (2019).
Σ τη μελέτη Ο Κάλβος στα ίχνη του «Λογγίνου». Ενας άνθρωπος των γραμμάτων στην Ευρώπη του 19ου αιώνα (Αθήνα: Αντίποδες 2019), η Αγγέλα Γιώτη εξετάζει το έργο του Ανδρέα Κάλβου με ορίζοντα τις νεότερες τύχες του Περί ύψους του Λογγίνου,... more
'On Nikos Kazantzakis' statement that ''We do not fight our dark passions with a sober, "bloodless, neutral virtue which rises above passion, but with other, more violent passion"