ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -On the Sublime, Greek Peri hypsous, treatise on literary criticism by Longinus, dating to about the 1st century ce. The earliest surviving manuscript, from the 10th century, was first printed in 1554.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is written in an epistolary form and the final part, possibly dealing with public speaking, has been lost. The treatise is dedicated to Posthumius Terentianus, a cultured Roman and public figure, though little else is known of him.

Detailed explanation-3: -Longinus, also called Dionysius Longinus or Pseudo-Longinus, (flourished 1st century ad), name sometimes assigned to the author of On the Sublime (Greek Peri Hypsous), one of the great seminal works of literary criticism.

Detailed explanation-4: -On the Sublime is a treatise on aesthetics and literary criticism originally written in Greek between the first and third centuries AD.

Detailed explanation-5: -Written as an epistolary piece to “dear Terentianus, ” “On the Sublime” examines the work of more than 50 ancient writers under the lens of the sublime, which Longinus defines as man’s ability, through feeling and words, to reach beyond the realm of the human condition into greater mystery.