Poetics
By: Aristotle ; edited and translated by Stephen Halliwell. On the sublime / Longinus ; edited and translated by W.H. Fyfe ; revised by Donald Russell. On style / Demetrius ; edited and translated by Doreen C. Innes ; based on W. Rhys Roberts.
Contributors: Longinus, 1st cent.; Demetrius.; Halliwell, Stephen.; Fyfe, W. Hamilton 1878-1965.; Russell, D. A.; Innes, Doreen.; Demetrius, of Phaleron, b. ca. 350 B.C.
Series: Loeb classical library ;; L199; Loeb classical library ;; 199.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng; grc
Number of pages: 533
Subjects: Greek literature -- Translations into English; Greek literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc; Style, Literary -- Early works to 1800; Literary form -- Early works to 1800; Aesthetics -- Early works to 1800; Sublime, The -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Translations into English.; Early works to 1800.
Description: 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.
Notes: English and Greek on facing pages.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Third work traditionally attributed to Demetrius, of Phaleron.