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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ( / ˈlɛsɪŋ /, German: [ˈɡɔthɔlt ˈʔeːfʁa.ɪm ˈlɛsɪŋ] ⓘ; 22 January 1729 – 15 February 1781) was a German philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and a representative of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the development of German literature.
Mar 21, 2024 · Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was a German dramatist, critic, and writer on philosophy and aesthetics. He helped free German drama from the influence of classical and French models and wrote plays of lasting importance. His critical essays greatly stimulated German letters and combated conservative.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (January 22, 1729 – February 15, 1781) was a German writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic, was one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment era. His theoretical and critical writings are remarkable for their often witty and ironic style, and he often worked his ideas into his plays and ...
May 29, 2018 · People. Literature and the Arts. German Literature: Biographies. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim. views 1,912,096 updated May 29 2018. LESSING, GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM. (1729 – 1781), German dramatist, critic, theologian, and most prominent proponent of the German Enlightenment.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781) is the most eminent literary figure of the German Enlightenment and a writer of European significance. His range of interest as dramatist, poet, critic,...
- Hugh Barr Nisbet
- 0199679479, 9780199679478
- illustrated
- OUP Oxford, 2013
Jan 6, 2015 · Born: 22-01-1729 Kamenz, Germany. Died: 15-02-1781 Braunschweig (Brunswick), Germany. Buried: 00-00-0000 Braunschweig, Germany. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was a German writer, philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment era.
German poet and critic; born Jan. 22, 1729, at Kamenz, Upper Lusatia; died Feb. 15, 1781, at Brunswick. Toleration and a striving after freedom of thought led him to condemn all positive religions in so far as they laid claim to absolute authority, and to recognize them merely as stages of historical development.
