A Companion to the Works of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

From: German Quarterly | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: Maurer, Karl-Heinz | Copyright information

Fischer, Barbara, and Thomas C. Fox, eds. A Companion to the Works of Gotthold Ephraim Less/Kg. Rochester: Camden House, 2005. 432 pp. $99.00 hardcover.

The Companion is the first English-language introduction to Lessing and his work, rather than to individual works, as the title appears to promise. The Companion's image of Lessing is that of a neglected innovator in the fields of criticism and theater, and of a pioneer in the professions of critic and dramaturge. The seventeen contrib...

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