Evidence: | 'Finished Lessing's Laocoon - the most un-German of all German books that I have ever read.The style is strong clear and lively, the thoughts acute and pregnant. It is well adapted to rouse an interest both in the classics and in the study of art'. |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | 19 Nov 1854 | ||||||||||
Country: | Germany | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Berlin | ||||||||||
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Reader: | George Eliot [pseud] |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 22 Nov 1819 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | writer |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | Germany |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing |
Title: | Laocoon: An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Poetry |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Arts / architecture |
Form of Text: | Print: BookManuscript: Unknown |
Publication details: | in German |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 7118 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | George Eliot [pseud] | |
Editor: | Margaret Harris | |
Title: | The Journals of George Eliot | |
Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
Date of Publication: | 1998 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 34-5 | |
Additional comments: | Co-editor Judith Johnston |
Citation: | George Eliot [pseud], Margaret Harris (ed.), The Journals of George Eliot (Cambridge, 1998), p. 34-5, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7118, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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