Lessing's Aesthetica in Nuce

Victor Anthony Rudowski

ISBN 10: 1469658267 / ISBN 13: 9781469658261

Published by The University of North Carolina Press, US, 2020

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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 Abbe Dubos' theory of signs, Lessing significantly modifies Dubos' doctrine by ideas derived from Alexander Baumgarten, Moses Mendelssohn, and Edmund Burke. An analysis of these modifications provides the framework for a critique of Lessing's aesthetic philosophy as a whole.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lessing's Aesthetica in Nuce
• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, US
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1469658267
• ISBN 13: 9781469658261
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 230 grams

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Synopsis

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 significantly modifies Dubos' doctrine by ideas derived from Alexander Baumgarten, Moses Mendelssohn, and Edmund Burke. An analysis of these modifications provides the framework for a critique of Lessing’s aesthetic philosophy as a whole.