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Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744-1803.

Selected writings on aesthetics [electronic resource] / Johann Gottfried Herder ; translated and edited by Gregory Moore. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2006. - x, 455 p.

Translated from the German.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-447) and index.

Is the beauty of the body a herald of the beauty of the soul? -- A monument to Baumgarten -- Critical forest, or reflections on the art and science of the beautiful: first grove, dedicated to Mr. Lessing's Laoco�on -- Critical forests: fourth grove, on Riedel's Theory of the beaux arts -- Shakespeare -- The causes of sunken taste among the different peoples in whom it once blossomed -- On the influence of the belles lettres on the higher sciences -- Does painting or music have a greater effect?: a divine colloquy -- On image, poetry, and fable.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
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Translated from the German.

ISBN: 9780691115955 (alk. paper) 0691115958 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA640369 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Aesthetics.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BH39 / .H456213 2006eb

Dewey Class. No.: 111/.85