Longinus'treatise On the Sublime spread to England in the 1630s and had a great influence on Shakespearean criticism in the 17th-18th centuries.Different from classicism,On the Sublime provides new theoretical discourse,evaluation criteria and aesthetic principles.According with the uniqueness of Shakespeare's plays,its emphasis on literary elements such as genius,origi-nality,passion and imagination,plays a crucial role in establishing the classical status of Shake-speare's plays under the background of the ancient and modem conflicts.In the application of Longinus'On the Sublime to the practice of literary criticism,the English literati and scholars opened the way of establishing English national and modem poetical theory.This is also a common task for literature scholars across European countries in this historical stage.On the contrary,the British scholars in the 18th century greatly expanded and enriched Longinus'theory of the sublime,making"the sublime"an important category of modem western aesthetics.
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