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Laocoon: An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Poetry

by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Edward Allen McCormick · 1766

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Originally published in 1766, the Laocoonhas been called the first extended attempt in modern times to define the distinctive spheres of art and poetry.

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