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The Life and Works of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.
A Companion to the Works of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
One of the most independent thinkers in German intellectual history, the Enlightenment author Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781) contributed in decisive and lasting fashion to literature, philosophy, theology, criticism, and drama theory. Lessing invented the brgerliches Trauerspiel (bourgeois tragedy) and wrote one of the first successful German tragedies as well as one of the finest German comedies. In his final dramatic masterpiece, Nathan der Weise, he writes of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, of religious tolerance and intolerance and the clash of civilizations. Lessing's dramas are the oldest German theater pieces still regularly performed (both in Germany and internationally), and...
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
"Sets [Lessing's] life and work in the context of the intellectual, social, and cultural background of eighteenth-century Europe."--Provided by publisher.
Nathan the Wise, Minna Von Barnhelm, and Other Plays and Writings
Lessing was a playwright, scholar, poet, archeologist, philosopher, and critic. His genius is evident in the works collected in this volume, which includes the comedy Minna von Barnhelm, the tragedy Emilia, Galotti, Nathan the Wise, The Jews (and related correspondence), Ernst and Falk: Conversations for the Freemasons, and selections from philosophical and theological writings>
