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

106 101 99MB Read more

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

110 23 2MB Read more

Hegel's Antiquity (Classical Presences) 0198839065, 9780198839064

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

435 87 2MB Read more

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

105 38 39MB Read more

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

104 14 829KB Read more

Hegel's Antiquity (Classical Presences) 9780198839064, 0198839065

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

102 34 2MB Read more

Roman Error: Classical Reception and the Problem of Rome's Flaws (Classical Presences) [Illustrated] 9780198803034, 0198803036

In the eyes of posterity, ancient Rome is deeply flawed. The list of censures is long and varied, from political corrupt

101 62 31MB Read more

Between Jerusalem and Athens: Israeli Theatre and the Classical Tradition (Classical Presences) [Illustrated] 9780198746676, 0198746679

How does a theatrical tradition emerge in the fields of dramatic writing and artistic performance? How can a culture in

102 60 43MB Read more

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

107 46 2MB Read more

Remembering Parthenope: The Reception of Classical Naples from Antiquity to the Present (Classical Presences) 9780199673933, 0199673934

This edited collection focuses on how the ancient past of the city of Naples has been invented, shaped, transmitted, and

107 67 146MB Read more