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02651aam a2200421 a 4500 001 5F6DF1B4BEE311E3B118CA8BDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140408010112 007 tu 008 131217s2013 enka b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2013362239 020 $a 9780191668845 (electronic bk.) 020 $a 0191668842 (electronic bk.) 020 $a 0199679479 020 $a 9780199679478 035 $a (OCoLC)833404656 040 $a ERASA $b eng $c ERASA $d DLC $d UKMGB $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d GWDNB $d BDX $d WAU $d CUI $d CUV $d COO $d CDX $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h ger 042 $a lccopycat 050 00 $a PT2406 $b .N573 2013 082 04 $a 430 084 $a 830 $q DE-101 $2 sdnb 100 1 $a Nisbet, H. B. $q (Hugh Barr) 245 10 $a Gotthold Ephraim Lessing : $b his life, works, and thought / $c H. B. Nisbet. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a Oxford : $b Oxford University Press $c 2013. 300 $a [xiv], 736 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 500 $a "A German version of this book (Lessing: eine Biographie) translated from the English original by Karl S. Guthke was published in 2008 by the C. H. Beck Verlag, Munich. Since then, I have revised and updated the original manuscript to make it available to English-speaking readers."-- Preface. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 673-712) and indexes. 520 8 $a 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, philosopher, theologian, philologist and much else besides was comparable to that of Voltaire, Diderot, and Rousseau, with all of whose ideas he engaged. He contributed decisively to the emergence of German as a literary language and was the founder of modern German literature, urging his compatriots to look to England rather than France for literary inspiration. His major plays (including the classic drama on religious tolerance, Nathan the Wise) are still regularly performed. He was a brilliant controversialist, and his philosophical and religious writings profoundly shook traditional assumptions. This book sets his life and work in the context of the intellectual, social, and cultural background of eighteenth-century Europe. 546 $a Translated from the German. 600 10 $a Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, $d 1729-1781. 600 17 $a Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim $d 1729-1781 $2 gnd 655 7 $a Biographie $2 gnd 856 42 $u http://d-nb.info/1036901424/04 $3 Table of contents 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231020012653.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5F6DF1B4BEE311E3B118CA8BDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search