A Companion to the Works of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

by Thomas C. Fox

Book Overview

New essays providing a comprehensive view of the pathbreaking dramatist and theorist 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 b rgerliches Trauerspiel (bourgeois tragedy) and wrote one of the first successful German...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571134522
• ISBN13: 9781571134523
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"