Gotthold ephraim lessing was a german writer and philosopher. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the development of german literature. He was connected with the theater in berlin, where he produced some of his most famous works, and with the national theater in hamburg. He helped free german drama from the influence of classical and french models and wrote plays of lasting importance. Lessing up to hegel, it argues that the connection between the arts in terms of. Or the limits of poetry and painting 1836 gotthold ephraim lessing, william ross on. Gotthold ephraim lessing gotthold ephraim lessing poems. He is widely considered by theatre historians to be the first dramaturg. He was educated at meissen and leipzic, and began writing for the stage before he was twenty. Gotthold ephraim lessing article about gotthold ephraim. From 1737 until 1741 he studied in the latin school in kamenz. Over the last 250 years, lessing s essay has exerted an incalculable influence on western critical thinking. Nov 01, 2004 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. An essay upon the limits of painting and poetry gotthold ephraim lessing on.
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The setting is jerusalem at the time of the crusades. His range of interest as dramatist, poet, critic, philosopher, theologian, philologist and much else besides was comparable to that of voltaire, diderot, and rousseau, with all of whose ideas he engaged. With remarks illustrative of various points in the history of ancient art. During this time, he wrote laocopnte first play, the young scholar. Barbara anna rosina lisiewska, portrait of gotthold ephraim lessing, c.
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