Lessing and the Enlightenment - Couverture rigide

Ugrinsky, Alexej

 
9780313253133: Lessing and the Enlightenment
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0313253137 ISBN 13 : 9780313253133
Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 1986

Synopsis

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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rinsky /f Alexej /r ed.

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Éditeur
Praeger Publishers Inc
Date d'édition
1986
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0313253137
ISBN 13 
9780313253133
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
196
Éditeur
Ugrinsky Alexej
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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