| Description |
viii, 314 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents |
The Longinian tradition -- Dionysius Longinus on the sublime (1743) -- Remarks on a book entitled, Prince Arthur (1696) / John Dennis -- The advancement and reformation of modern poetry (1701) / John Dennis -- The grounds of criticism in poetry (1704) / John Dennis -- Essays upon several subjects (1716) / Sir Richard Blackmore -- A miscellany of ingenious thoughts (1721) / Tamworth Reresby -- An essay on the theory of painting (1725) / Jonathan Richardson -- Reflections on the nature and property of languages (London 1731) / Thomas Stackhouse -- from The works (1735) / Hildebrand Jacob -- Lectures on poetry (1742) / Joseph Trapp -- Rhapsody to rhetoric -- The spectator, (1712-1714) / Joseph Addison -- A discourse on ancient and modern learning (1734) / Joseph Addison -- Characteristicks (1714) / Anthony Ashley Cooper -- from The works (1724) / Henry Needler -- To David Fordyce, 18th June 1742 / Mark Akenside -- The pleasures of imagination (1744) / Mark Akenside -- An essay on the sublime (1747) / John Baillie -- Observations on man (1749) / David Hartley -- Lectures on the sacred poetry of the Hebrews (1753/1787) / Robert Lowth -- A dictionary of the English language (1755) / Samuel Johnson -- Conjectures on original composition (1759) / Edward Young -- The art of speaking (1761) / James Burgh -- A course of lectures on oratory and criticism (1777) / Joseph Priestley. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
Sublime, The.
|
| Added Author |
Ashfield, Andrew.
|
|
De Bolla, Peter, 1957-
|
| ISBN |
9780521395823 (pbk.) |
|
0521395453 |
|
9780521395458 |
|
0521395828 (pbk.) |
|
