The book is written in a persuasive and engaging style, using both examples from classical literature and philosophical arguments to make its case for the significance of sublime writing.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.

This is the 1907 second edition of W. Rhys Roberts' Longinus on the Sublime. The volume contains the Greek text edited after the Paris manuscript, an extensive introduction, and a thorough and accessible translation of the main text.