Lessing's "Aesthetica in Nuce" An Analysis of the May 26, 1769, Letter to Nicolai

This letter contains Lessing's most explicit observations on the distinction between poetry and prose as well as a unique proposal for emending Aristotle's interpretation of the dramatic method. Although both arguments are formulated in terms of Abbé Dubos' theory of signs, Lessing s...

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Main Author: Anthony Rudowski, Victor (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press 1971
Series:UNC Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures
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