Rethinking Lessing's Laocoon : antiquity, enlightenment, and the 'limits' of painting and poetry /
Ever since its publication in 1766, Lessing's Laocoon, or on the Limits of Painting and Poetry has exerted an incalculable influence on western thought. This volume offers an interdisciplinary reassessment on its 250th anniversary, exploring how Lessing's debts to the Graeco-Roman past ena...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2017.
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| Series: | Classical presences.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Ever since its publication in 1766, Lessing's Laocoon, or on the Limits of Painting and Poetry has exerted an incalculable influence on western thought. This volume offers an interdisciplinary reassessment on its 250th anniversary, exploring how Lessing's debts to the Graeco-Roman past enabled him to forge a new tradition of modern aesthetics. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxiii, 411 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780192522733 0192522736 9780191840562 0191840564 |