{"product_id":"laocoon-an-essay-on-the-limits-of-painting-and-poetry-paperback","title":"Laocoon: An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Poetry - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGotthold Ephraim Lessing\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEdward Allen McCormick\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1766, the \u003ci\u003eLaocoön\u003c\/i\u003e has been called the first extended attempt in modern times to define the distinctive spheres of art and poetry; its author, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, has been called the first modern esthetician. As Michael Fried writes in his foreword, it is Lessing who invented the modern concept of the artistic medium, and it is in the \u003ci\u003eLaocoön\u003c\/i\u003e, ultimately, that we find the source for modernist assumptions of the uniqueness and autonomy of the individual arts. And, as Fried argues, it is a work that present an impressively coherent esthetic semiotics, a book that at once sums up and moves beyond classical thought about the nature of the sign.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong a central text for literary critics, art historians, and philosophers, the \u003ci\u003eLaocoön\u003c\/i\u003e is here returned to print in Edward Allen McCormick's authoritative translation. McCormick's introduction, notes, and biographical appendix have been retained; the new foreword by Michael Fried emphasizes Lessing's current importance for recent trends in art history and literary theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781) \u003c\/b\u003ewas a German writer, philosopher, dramatist, and art critic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8 x 5.41 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 1984\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457456980221,"sku":"9780801831393","price":68.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/WGVycVBhcWlYQTNjSGRQNWpZY3JMdz09.webp?v=1777237763","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/laocoon-an-essay-on-the-limits-of-painting-and-poetry-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}