Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - Plays by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise (Paperback)

Chapters: Plays by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (22 January 1729 15 February 1781) was a German writer, philosopher, dramatist, publicist, and art critic, and one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the development of German literature. He is widely considered by theatre historians to be the first dramaturg. Lessing was born in Kamenz, a little town in Saxony. His father was a clergyman and the author of theological writings. After visiting Latin School in Kamenz (from 1737 onwards) and the F rstenschule St. Afra in Meissen (from 1741 onwards) he studied theology and medicine in Leipzig (17461748). From 1748 to 1760 he lived in Leipzig and Berlin and worked as reviewer and editor for, amongst others, the Vossische Zeitung. In 1752 he took his Master's degree in Wittenberg. From 1760 to 1765 he worked in Breslau (now Wroclaw) as secretary to General Tauentzien. In 1765 he returned to Berlin, only to leave again in 1767 to work for three years as a dramaturg and adviser at the German National Theatre in Hamburg. There he met Eva K nig, his future wife. In 1770 Lessing became a librarian at the Herzog-August-Bibliothek in Wolfenb ttel. His tenure there was interrupted by many travels. For example, in 1775 he journeyed to Italy accompanied by Prince Leopold. In 1771 Lessing was initiated into Freemasonry in the lodge "Zu den drei Rosen" in Hamburg. In 1776 he married Eva K nig, who was widowed now, in Jork (near Hamburg). She died in 1778 after giving birth to a short-lived son. On 15 February 1781, Lessing, at 52, died during a visit to the wine dealer Angott in Braunschweig...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1230