BOOKS by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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1	Nathan the wise more books like this by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing add to wishlist London revival for this surprise hit from Chichester on the topical theme of religious tolerance. Opens at Hampstead Theatre in September 2005 - starring Michael Pennington, Jerusalem, 1192. An uneasy stalemate exists between the Muslim forces of Saladin and the western Crusaders. Caught in the middle, the Jews. All sides respect Nathan for his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Nathan the Wise, Minna Von Barnhelm, and Other Plays and Writings more books like this by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Peter Demetz (Editor), Professor Hannah Arendt (Foreword by) add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $5.03! new only from $22.00! \| SVS
3	Lessing: Philosophical and Theological Writings more books like this by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, H B Nisbet (Editor), Karl Ameriks (Editor) add to wishlist Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-81), thinker, dramatist and controversialist of many-sided interests, is the most representative figure of the German Enlightenment. His defence of Spinoza, who had traditionally been condemned as an atheist, provoked a major controversy in philosophy, and his publication of H. S. Reimarus' radical assault on ... see all copies from $18.70! new only from $30.33! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Eighteenth Century German Criticism more books like this by Timothy J Chamberlain (Editor), Johann Gottfried Herder, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.85! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Emilia Galotti more books like this by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing add to wishlist Lessing marco la ruta del teatro burgues aleman del siglo XVIII con Emilia Galotti (1772). En el siglo XVIII el termino burgues no tenia connotaciones politicas, sino que se utilizaba para designar lo particular y casero frente a lo oficial y cortesano. En este tipo de drama se presentan virtudes tales como la humanidad, la tolerancia, la justicia ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Nathan the Wise: By Gotthold Ephraim Lessing more books like this by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Ronald Schechter (Translator), Dr. Natalie Zemon Davis (Editor) add to wishlist One of the most frequently performed and widely read comedies of the eighteenth century, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's "Nathan the Wise (1779) combines rich characterization with an engaging plot. Set in Muslimruled Jerusalem at the time of the Crusades, it deals with universal themes -- including the nature of God, antisemitism, wealth and poverty, ... see all copies from $2.87! new only from $99.00!
7	Nathan the Wise more books like this by Ephraim Lessing Gotthold Ephraim Lessing add to wishlist Lessing's Nathan the Wise from written in 1779. The setting is Jerusalem at the time of the Crusades. The themes include; anti Semitism, wealth, love and duty, and the nature of God. This is an excellent study volume for college students see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
8	Lessing's Theological Writings: Selections in Translation more books like this by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Henry Chadwick (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $3.37! new only from $13.31! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Hamburgische Dramaturgie more books like this by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing add to wishlist Lessing's kritische Auseinandersetzung mit der Verwaltung des Hamburger Theaters see all copies from $3.96! new only from $22.40! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Laocoon : an essay on the limits of painting and poetry more books like this by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing add to wishlist Originally published in 1766, the "Laocoon" has been called the first modern attempt to define the distinctive spheres of art and poetry, and its author, Lessing, the first modern esthetician. Lessing invented the modern concept of the artistic medium and modernist assumptions of the uniqueness of the individual arts. A new Foreword by Michael ... see all copies from $4.52! new only from $20.25! \| SVS
11	Laocoon more books like this by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Sir Robert Phillimore add to wishlist see all copies from $2.55! new only from $25.65!
12	Two Jewish Plays (Lessing) more books like this by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing add to wishlist Lessing, German writer and critic, combined the theory and practice of drama in much the same way as Shaw and Granville Barker. In these two brand new versions by award-winning translator Noel Clark, we see Lessing's preoccupation with the egoism and venality of the rulers of the eighteenth-century petty states. see all copies from $26.81!
13 view cover	Laokoon and How the Ancients Represented Death more books like this by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing add to wishlist 1914. This volume contains two works by the critical genius Lessing. His writing is peerless in its comprehensiveness, its keenness and depth; but this was particularly true of the drama. Laokoon deals with the limits of poetry and painting and it may be said that the great era of German literature commenced with these works. Laokoon, in its style ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.16! \| SVS
14	Nathan Der Weise / Minna Von Barnhelm more books like this by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing add to wishlist see all copies from $3.20! new only from $4.98! \| SVS
15 view cover	Minna Von Barnhelm more books like this by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Lessing's Emilia Galotti: With an Introduction and Notes (1895) by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Max Winkler (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $2.50! new only from $16.41! \| first editions \| SVS
17	Miss Sara Sampson : a tragedy in five acts more books like this by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.25!
18 view cover	The Education of the Human Race by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing add to wishlist see all copies from $9.14! new only from $11.84! \| SVS
19 view cover	Philosophical and Theological Writings more books like this by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, H B Nisbet (Translator) add to wishlist Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-81), thinker, dramatist and controversialist of many-sided interests, is the most representative figure of the German Enlightenment. His defence of Spinoza, who had traditionally been condemned as an atheist, provoked a major controversy in philosophy, and his publication of H. S. Reimarus' radical assault on ... see all copies from $29.87! new only from $29.87!
20	Die Juden by Wilhelm; Lessing Grosse, Gotthold Ephraim add to wishlist see all copies from $2.67! new only from $15.40!
21	Minna Von Barnhelm: A Comedy in Five Acts more books like this by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
22	Kritik und Dramaturgie : ausgewählte Prosa more books like this by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Karl Hans Bühner add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
23	Emilia Galotti; a tragedy in five acts more books like this by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing add to wishlist see all copies from $3.89!
24	Nathan Der Weise more books like this by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing add to wishlist see all copies from $2.53! new only from $4.95! \| first editions
25	The Dramatic Works of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: Miss Sara Sampson; Philotas; Emilia Galotti; Nathan the Wise (1878) more books like this by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Ernest Bell (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $26.04! new only from $26.04!

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