Nathan the Wise, Minna Von Barnhelm, and Other Plays and Writings / Edition 1

by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Peter Demetz, Hannah Arendt

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826407078
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/01/1991
Series:	German Library , #12
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	370
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.77(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword: Hannah Arendt
Introduction: Peter Demetz
 
MINNA VON BARNHELM
Translated by Kenneth J. Northcott
 
EMILIA GALOTTI
Translated by Anna Johanna Gode von Aesch
 
THE JEWS
(and related correspondence)
Translated by Ingrid Walsoe-Engel
 
NATHAN THE WISE
Translated by Bayard Quincy Morgan
 
ERNST AND FALK
CONVERSATIONS FOR THE FREEMASONS
Translated by William L. Zwiebel
 
SELECTIONS FROM LESSING'S PHILOSOPHICAL/THEOLOGICAL WRITINGS
On the Proof of the Spirit and the Power
The Testament of John
The Education of the Human Race
The Religion of Christ
Translated by Henry Chadwick