Producido por Louise Hope, Justin Kerk y el Equipo de Corrección de Pruebas Distribuido en línea en http://www.pgdp.net
[Nota del transcritor: El texto impreso muestra la mayoría de las secciones (números romanos) como un bloque continuo, con los números de capítulo en el margen. En este e-texto, los capítulos se presentan como párrafos separados determinados por las pausas de las oraciones, con comillas continuas proporcionadas cuando es necesario. Excepto las notas al pie, cualquier corchete proviene del texto original.]
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LONGINO
ENTRE LOS SUBLIMESTraducido al inglés por
H. L. HAVELL, B.A. Anteriormente académico del University College, Oxford
con una Introducción de
ANDREW LANG Londres
MACMILLAN Y CO.
y Nueva York
1890_Todos los derechos reservados_
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S. H. BUTCHER, Esq., LL.D. Profesor de griego en la Universidad de Edimburgo
Anteriormente colega de Trinity College, Cambridge
y del University College, Oxford Este Intento
de Presentar los Grandes Pensamientos de Longino
en Forma InglesaEstá Dedicado
en Agradecimiento por el Apoyo de Calidad
por el cual Nunca Habría Visto la Luz
y por los Beneficios de Esa
Instrucción a la que Debe en Gran Parte
Cualquiera de Calidad Académica que PoseaPREFACIO DEL TRADUCTOR
El texto que se ha seguido en la presente Traducción es el de Jahn (Bonn, 1867), revisado por Vahlen, y republicado en 1884. En varias ocasiones ha sido necesario divergir de las lecturas de Vahlen, tales divergencias se señalan debidamente en las Notas.
Una palabra sobre el objetivo y el alcance de la presente Traducción. Mi objeto a lo largo ha sido hacer hablar a Longino en inglés, preservar, en la medida de mi poder, el fuego noble y el tono elevado del original. Cómo lograr esto, sin ser traicionado a una paráfrasis laxa, fue un problema sumamente difícil. El estilo de Longino está en un alto grado original, ocasionalmente incurriendo en extrañas excentricidades del lenguaje; y nadie que no haya intentado puede darse cuenta de la dificultad de dar algo parecido a una versión adecuada de los pasajes más elaborados. Estas consideraciones las presento a aquellos a quienes me pueda parecer a primera vista que he manejado mi texto con demasiada libertad.
Mis mejores agradecimientos son para el Dr. Butcher, profesor de griego en la Universidad de Edimburgo, quien desde el principio hasta el final ha mostrado un interés vivo en esta empresa que jamás podré reconocer suficientemente. Ha leído la Traducción en su totalidad, y actuando sobre sus sugerencias, he podido en numerosas ocasiones llevar mi versión a una conformidad más estrecha con el original.
También debo reconocer la amabilidad del distinguido escritor que ha contribuido la Introducción, y que, a pesar de las pesadas exigencias de su tiempo, ha prestado su poderoso apoyo para ayudar en la obra de alguien que era personalmente desconocido para él.
En conclusión, me permito expresar la esperanza de que el presente intento pueda contribuir algo a reavivar un interés por un clásico injustamente desatendido.
ANÁLISIS
El Tratado sobre lo Sublime puede dividirse en seis Partes, de la siguiente manera:--
I.--cc. i, ii. La Obra de Caecilio. Definición de lo Sublime. Si la Sublimidad cae dentro de las reglas del Arte.
II.--cc. iii-v. [El comienzo perdido.] Vicios del Estilo opuestos a lo Sublime: Afectación, Bombardeo, Sentimiento Falso, Conceptos Fríos. La causa de tales defectos.
III.--cc. vi, vii. Lo Sublime verdadero, qué es, y cómo distinguirlo.
IV.--cc. viii-xl. Cinco Fuentes de lo Sublime (cómo se relaciona la Sublimidad con la Pasión, c. viii, §§ 2-4).
(i.) Grandeza del Pensamiento, cc. ix-xv.
_a._ Como resultado natural de la nobleza del alma. Ejemplos (c. ix).
_b._ Elección de las circunstancias más llamativas. Oda de Sappho (c. x).
_c._ Amplificación. Platón comparado con Demóstenes, Demóstenes con Cicerón (cc. xi-xiii).
_d._ Imitación (cc. xiii, xiv).
_e._ Imágenes (c. xv).
(ii.) Poder de mover las Pasiones (omitido aquí, porque se trata en una obra separada).
(iii.) Figuras Retóricas (cc. xvi-xxix).
_a._ La Figura de la Exhortación (c. xvi). El Arte de ocultar el Arte (c. xvii).
_b._ Pregunta Retórica (c. xviii).
_c._ Asíndeton (c. xix-xxi).
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