The Modern Import of Lucretius’s Sublime
Lucretius’ 1st century B.C. poem De rerum natura was immensely influential in the genesis of the notion of the sublime in 18th centuryEurope. This influence tends to be eclipsed by that of Longinus and his essay “On the Sublime”, translated by Boileau in 1674. This paper suggests that Longinus hims...
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Università degli Studi di Torino
2016-06-01
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| Series: | CoSMO |
| Online Access: | https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/COSMO/article/view/1376 |