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"[[Towards a Newer Laocoon]]" is an essay by [[Clement Greenberg]] first published in the ''[[Partisan Review]]'' of 1940. "[[Towards a Newer Laocoon]]" is an essay by [[Clement Greenberg]] first published in the ''[[Partisan Review]]'' of 1940.
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Illustration: Laocoön and His Sons ("Clamores horrendos" detail), photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen.
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Illustration: Laocoön and His Sons ("Clamores horrendos" detail), photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen.

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"Towards a Newer Laocoon" is an essay by Clement Greenberg first published in the Partisan Review of 1940.

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