Open AccessDas Erhabene als literarisch-ästhetische Kategorie
Author(s) -
Jerzy Styka
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
classica cracoviensia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2391-6753
pISSN - 1505-8913
DOI - 10.12797/cc.16.2013.16.11
Subject(s) - sublime , rhetorical question , greeks , literature , philosophy , art , classics
The Sublime as a Literary-Aesthetic Category
The paper discusses the rhetorical and literary concept of the sublime (tὸ u`qos) and its development in the theory and practice of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Special emphasis is put on pseudo-Longinus' treatise De sublimitate and its understanding of the concept of the sublime.