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Lessing and the German Enlightenment: (2013:09 Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment)

Lessing and the German Enlightenment: (2013:09 Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment)


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Primarily celebrated for his dramatic works Minna von BarnhelmEmilia Galotti and Nathan der Weise, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s diverse pursuits extended far beyond the stage. From incisive journalism to innovative reflections on poetry, aesthetics and theology, his wide-ranging intellectual interests place him firmly alongside contemporary polymaths such as Diderot. In this extensive study an international team of experts explores Lessing’s contribution to both the German and broader European Enlightenments to reveal:

  • the energy and acuity of his critical writing, which made him an exemplar for subsequent German authors;
  • the originality and lasting significance of Laocoon, his groundbreaking treatise on aesthetics, which distinguished the domains of poetry and the visual arts, and is still a major point of reference; 
  • how his reflections on theology and the Bible helped shape a view of Christianity as a historical phenomenon without absolute truth; 
  • how his Enlightenment curiosity and open-mindedness were nourished by an interest in natural science, particularly astronomy; 
  • how activities such as his adaptation of English domestic tragedy and his translations of Diderot’s theatrical writings placed him at the heart of the pan- European Enlightenment. 


Table of Contents:
Ritchie Robertson, Preface

Note on references

H. B. Nisbet, Lessing’s achievement

Romira Worvill, Lessing and the French Enlightenment

Alexander Košenina and Ritchie Robertson, Lessing as journalist and controversialist

Richard E. Schade, Lessing’s poetry

John T. Hamilton, Reception, gratitude and obligation: Lessing and the classical tradition

Jason Gaiger, The contemporaneity of Lessing’s aesthetics

Thomas Martinec, Lessing’s dramatic theory

Francis Lamport, ‘Solcher Väter giebt es keinen mehr’: paternal authority in Lessing’s tragedies

K. F. Hilliard, Lessing’s comedies

Jonathan M. Hess, Lessing and German–Jewish culture: a reappraisal

Adam Sutcliffe, Lessing and toleration

David Hill, Enlightenment as a historical process: Ernst und Falk and Die Erziehung des Menschengeschlechts 

Christoph Bultmann, Lessing and the Bible

Karl S. Guthke, Lessing and science

A chronology of the life and major works of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Summaries

List of contributors

Bibliography

Index

Review :
For both students and scholars, this volume offers an informative and up-to-date overview of the most essential research topics in this area and poses questions that open up opportunities for further research and development.
- Eighteenth-century studies


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781786947833
  • Publisher: Liverpool University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Liverpool University Press
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1786947838
  • Publisher Date: 04 Sep 2013
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Series Title: 2013:09 Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment


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