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by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing; Edward Allen McCormick (Translator)

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)

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  • Title Laocoon: An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Poetry
  • Author Gotthold Ephraim Lessing; Edward Allen McCormick (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Second Edition
  • Pages 296
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
  • Date 1984-03-19
  • Features Bibliography, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780801831393 / 0801831393
  • Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5.41 x 0.71 in (20.32 x 13.74 x 1.80 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Aesthetics - Early works to 1800, Agesander
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 83023880
  • Dewey Decimal Code 700.1

About the author

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781) was a German writer, philosopher, dramatist, and art critic.

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