Nathan the Wise, Minna Von Barnhelm, and Other Plays and WritingsLessing 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> |
Contents
Translated by Kenneth J Northcott | 74 |
Translated by Anna Johanna Gode von Aesch | 135 |
ERNST AND FALK | 277 |
SELECTIONS FROM LESSINGS | 307 |
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