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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing : his life, works, and thought /

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781) is the most eminent literary figure of the German Enlightenment and a writer of European significance. His range of interest as dramatist, poet, critic, philosopher, theologian, philologist and much else besides was comparable to that of Voltaire, Diderot, and Ro...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nisbet, H. B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbrevations; Introduction: Why Lessing?; 1. Kamenz, Meissen, Leipzig 1729-1748; 2. Early Dramas and Poetry; 3. Berlin 1748-1752: Society; Journalism; Didactic Poetry; 4. Wittenberg and Associated Writings 1752-1754: History of Scholarship; Philosophy; Theology and Religion; Classical Philology; Epigrams; 5. Berlin 1752-1755: the Academy Quarrel; Translations and Collected Writings; Social Circle and the Death of Mylius; Mendelssohn, Nicolai, and Other New Friendships; Pope a Metaphysician!
  • 6. From Comedy to Tragedy 1754-1757: the Theatrical Library Samuel Henzi; Miss Sara Sampson; Correspondence with Mendelssohn and Nicolai on Tragedy; 7. Leipzig and Berlin 1755-1759: Travels; Translations and Journalism; Kleist, Gleim, and the Seven Years War; Philotas; 8. Berlin 1758-1760: Letters on Literature; Logau Edition; Fables and Essays on the Fable; Translations of Diderot; Sophocles; 9. The Middle Years: War and Peace in Breslau 1760-1765; 10. Laocoön; Last Years in Berlin 1765-1766; 11. Minna von Barnhelm; 12. Hamburg and the National Theatre.
  • 13. Hamburg Writings 1767-1770: Hamburg Dramaturgy Dramatic Fragments; Antiquarian Letters; How the Ancients Portrayed Death; 14. Wolfenbüttel and Brunswick; Travels in Germany, Austria, and Italy; Engagement and Marriage: 1770-1776; 15. Lessing, the Library and Related Publications: 1770-1782; 16. Miscellaneous Writings; Emilia Galotti: 1770-1775; 17. Philosophy and Theology 1770-1776; Marriage and Family Life; the Mannheim Theatre; Bereavement: 1776-1778; 18. Reimarus, Goeze, and the Theological Conflict: 1776-1779; 19. The Education of the Human Race and Ernst and Falk.
  • 20. Nathan the Wise21. The Final Years 1778-1781: Declining Health; Conversations on Spinoza; Last Illness and Death; Memorials and Monuments; Lessing's Estate; 22. Lessing's Reception: an Outline; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of Names; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Index of Lessing's Works; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Index of Subjects; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.