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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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German writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic (1729–1781)

Born 22 January 1729
Died 15 February 1781

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  • Cover of: Laokoon, oder, Über die Grenzen der Mahlerey und Poesie: mit beyläufigen Erläuterungen verschiedener Punkte der alten Kunstgeschichte

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  • Cover of: Laokoon, oder, über die Grenzen der Malerey und Poesie: mit beiläufigen Erläuterungen verschiedener Punkte der alten Kunstgeschichte

    First published in 1859 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Laokoon oder über die Gränzen der Mahlerey und Poesie

    First published in 1826 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Lessing: ausgewählte prosa und briefe

    First published in 1888 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Lessing-buch.

    First published in 1926 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Lessing, ein selbstbildnis.

    First published in 1929 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Lessings ausgewählte werke

    First published in 1901 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Lessings dramatische Meisterwerke: Neue, reich illustrierte Prachtausgabe in einem Bande, mit 52 Abbildungen von E. Klingebeil, Ludwig Berwald u. A.

    First published in 1901 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Lessing's fables

    First published in 1878 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Lessing's Hamburgische Dramaturgie: Für die oberste Klasse höherer Lehranstalten und den weiteren Kreis der Gebildeten

    First published in 1877 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Lessing's Leben und Werk in Daten und Bildern.

    First published in 1967 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Lessing's Minna von Barnhelm; oder: Das soldatenglück

    First published in 1899 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Lessings Register.: Bearb. von Waldemar von Olshausen.

    First published in 1935 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Lessings Religionsphilosophie und theologische Streitschriften.

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  • Cover of: Lessings sämtliche Werke in sechs Bänden

    First published in 1906 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Lessings Werke in acht Ba nden: mit einer biographischen Einleitung

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  • Cover of: Lessings Werke in fünf Bänden

    First published in 1965 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Lessings werke in sechs Ba nden.

    First published in 1901 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Lessing werke

    First published in 1900 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Litterarische und dramaturgische Abhandlungen

    First published in 1780 — 1 edition
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Photo of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

German writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic (1729–1781)

Born 22 January 1729
Died 15 February 1781

Subjects

Early works to 1800, Aesthetics, German drama, Drama, Correspondence, German Authors, Technique, History and criticism, German literature, History, Theater, Theology, Translations into English, German language, Philosophy, Readers, Criticism and interpretation, Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author), Death in art, French drama, Literature, Biography, Revelation, Translations into French, Fables

Places

Germany, Hamburg, Israel, Italy, Jerusalem

People

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781), Aristotle, Eva Catharina König (1736-1778), Agesander, Friedrich Nicolai (1733-1811), Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786), AGESANDRO, Alexander Pope (1688-1744), Christian Adolph Klotz (1738-1771), Christoph Martin Wieland (1733-1813), Faust (d. ca. 1540), Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724-1803), Félix de Salles (1834-1891), GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING (1729-1781), Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781,), Johann Arnold Ebert (1723-1795), Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700-1766), Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698-1783), Johann Joachim Eschenburg (1743-1820), Johann Melchior Goeze (1717-1786), Karl Gotthelf Lessing (1740-1812), Laocoön (Legendary character), Martial, Samuel Henzi (approximately 1700-1749), Samuel Werenfels (1657-1740)

Time

18th century, 19th century, Early works to 1800, 20th century, OBRAS ANTERIORES A 1800, Set during the Third Crusade, about 1187 or shortly thereafter; the early middle ages.

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Alternative names

  • Gotthold Ephraïm Lessing
  • Gotthold Ephrain Lessing
  • Gotthold Ephraum Lessing
  • GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING
  • LESSING, GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM, 1729-1781.
  • Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 1729-1781.
  • Gotthold E. Lessing

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September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
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