Laocoon - An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Poetry (Paperback, New Ed)

Originally published in 1766, the "Laocoon" has been called the first modern attempt to define the distinctive spheres of art and poetry, and its author, Lessing, the first modern esthetician. Lessing invented the modern concept of the artistic medium and modernist assumptions of the uniqueness of the individual arts. A new Foreword by Michael Fried emphasizes Lessing's current importance regarding trends in art history and literary theory. (Philosophy)

General

Imprint:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 1984
First published:	1984
Authors:	Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Translators:	Edward Allen McCormick
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	296
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-8018-3139-3
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	German
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
LSN:	0-8018-3139-3
Barcode:	9780801831393

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