num_pages: 96
description: 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.
language: English
title: On Great Writing (On the Sublime)
titlecomplete: On Great Writing (On the Sublime) (Hackett Classics)
genres: Writing, Theory, Poetry, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Ancient, Classics, Art, Criticism, Literary Criticism
ratings_count: 893
publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.