The introduction sketches the scope (and some of the Classical debts) of Lessing’s Laocoon and reassess its legacy on the occasion of its 250th anniversary. It outlines Lessing’s arguments about the 'limits’ (Grenzen) of poetry and painting, while situating Lessing’s project within Enlightenment ideas about the Classical past and contemporary aesthetic criticism. The editors also lay out the overall purpose of the volume, explaining why a cross-disciplinary approach to Lessing's Laocoon is necessary today.
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