Lessing and the Enlightenment - Rilegato

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0313253137 ISBN 13: 9780313253133

Casa editrice: Praeger Pub Text, 1986

Riassunto

This essay collection grew out of a Hofstra University conference on the life, works, and influence of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, the eighteenth-century German playwright, critic, and philosopher who essentially established a new national literature in Germany during the Enlightenment. The volume is divided into two main sections, in which various scholars confront and reevaluate two contrasting aspects of Lessing's character; the irrational poet and the rational thinker. In the first section, Lessing's aesthetics are discussed. His link to English literature, as well as his influence upon the then emerging novel, are the subject of special consideration here. In the second section, Lessing's philosophical connection to traditions such as utopianism, classical republicanism, and eighteen-century humanism is discussed. Also considered are Lessing's intellectual connections with Rumanian literature; feminist and other ideological interpretations of his works; and his relation to some of his contemporaries. An introductory article stresses current and future trends in Lessing scholarhip.

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Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Praeger Pub Text
• Data di pubblicazione: 1986
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0313253137
• ISBN 13: 9780313253133
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 198
• Redattore: Ugrinsky Alexej
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Friedensallee 273; Hamburg; 22763; Germania