What Are The Vices Of Sublimity?
What Are The Vices Of Sublimity? Longinus distinguishes the true Sublime from the False Sublime, and says that the vices of the Sublime emerge out of two things—”lack of passion and sincerity, and inadequacy of communication caused by faulty technique.” He has repeatedly warned the readers “against bombast, puerility on affectation, and conceits of …