Rethinking Lessing's Laocoon: Antiquity, Enlightenment, and the 'Limits' of Painting and Poetry (Classical Presences) [Illustrated] 9780192522740, 9780198802228, 0192522744

Rethinking Lessing's Laocoon: Antiquity, Enlightenment, and the 'Limits' of Painting and Poetry (Classical Presences) [Illustrated] 9780198802228, 0198802226

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing first published Laokoon, oder uber die Grenzen der Mahlerey und Poesie (Laocoon, or on the Limi

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Laocoon: An Essay upon the Limits of Painting and Poetry 9780486170381, 0486170381

According to Greek mythology, Laocoon was a Trojan priest who, along with his two sons, offended the gods. As punishment

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Winckelmann and the Invention of Antiquity: Aesthetics and History in the Age of Altertumswissenschaft (Classical Presences) [Illustrated] 9780199695843, 0199695849

This volume provides a new perspective on the emergence of the modern study of antiquity, Altertumswissenschaft, in eigh

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Lucretius and the Early Modern (Classical Presences) [Illustrated] 9780198713845, 0198713843

The rediscovery in the fifteenth century of Lucretius' De rerum natura was a challenge to received ideas. The poem

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Hegel's Antiquity (Classical Presences) 9780198839064, 0198839065

Hegel's Antiquity aims to summarize, contextualize, and criticize Hegel's understanding and treatment of major

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Hegel's Antiquity (Classical Presences) 9780192575746, 9780198839064, 0192575740

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Hegel's Antiquity (Classical Presences) 0198839065, 9780198839064

Hegel's Antiquity aims to summarize, contextualize, and criticize Hegel's understanding and treatment of major

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Roman Error: Classical Reception and the Problem of Rome's Flaws (Classical Presences) [Illustrated] 9780192524195, 9780198803034, 0192524194

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Between Jerusalem and Athens: Israeli Theatre and the Classical Tradition (Classical Presences) [Illustrated] 9780191093142, 9780198746676, 0191093149

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Postdramatic Tragedies (Classical Presences) [Illustrated] 9780198817680, 0198817681

Ancient tragedy has played a well-documented role in contemporary theatre since the mid-twentieth century. In addition t

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