Synopses & Reviews
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>
Synopsis
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>
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 FALKCONVERSATIONS FOR THE FREEMASONS
Translated by William L. Zwiebel SELECTIONS FROM LESSING'S PHILOSOPHICAL/THEOLOGICAL WRITINGSOn the Proof of the Spirit and the PowerThe Testament of JohnThe Education of the Human RaceThe Religion of Christ
Translated by Henry Chadwick