Lessing's Dramatic Theory
Author | : John George Robertson |
Publisher | : CUP Archive |
Total Pages | : 568 |
Release | : 1939 |
Genre | : Drama |
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Author | : John George Robertson |
Publisher | : CUP Archive |
Total Pages | : 568 |
Release | : 1939 |
Genre | : Drama |
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Author | : John George Robertson |
Publisher | : Ayer Company Pub |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 1939 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780405088940 |
Author | : John George Robertson |
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Release | : 1939 |
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Author | : Natalya Baldyga |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 2018-10-26 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1135099286 |
While eighteenth-century playwright and critic Gotthold Ephraim Lessing made numerous contributions in his lifetime to the theater, the text that best documents his dynamic and shifting views on dramatic theory is also that which continues to resonate with later generations – the Hamburg Dramaturgy (Hamburgische Dramaturgie, 1767–69). This collection of 104 short essays represents one of the eighteenth century’s most important critical engagements with the theater and its potential to promote humanistic discourse. Lessing’s essays are an immensely erudite, deeply engaged, witty, ironic, and occasionally scathing investigation of European theatrical culture, bolstered by deep analysis of Aristotelian dramatic theory and utopian visions of theater as a vehicle for human connection. This is the first complete English translation of Lessing's text, with extensive annotations that place the work in its historical context. For the first time, English-language readers can trace primary source references and link Lessing’s observations on drama, theory, and performance not only to the plays he discusses, but also to dramatic criticism and acting theory. This volume also includes three introductory essays that situate Lessing’s work both within his historical time period and in terms of his influence on Enlightenment and post-Enlightenment theater and criticism. The newly translated Hamburg Dramaturgy will speak to dramaturgs, directors, and humanities scholars who see theater not only for entertainment, but also for philosophical and political debate.
Author | : John George Robertson |
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Total Pages | : 554 |
Release | : 1965 |
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Author | : Barbara Fischer |
Publisher | : Camden House |
Total Pages | : 438 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781571132437 |
One of the most independent thinkers in German intellectual history, the Enlightenment author Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781) contributed in decisive and lasting fashion to literature, philosophy, theology, criticism, and drama theory. Lessing invented the brgerliches Trauerspiel (bourgeois tragedy) and wrote one of the first successful German tragedies as well as one of the finest German comedies. In his final dramatic masterpiece, Nathan der Weise, he writes of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, of religious tolerance and intolerance and the clash of civilizations. Lessing's dramas are the oldest German theater pieces still regularly performed (both in Germany and internationally), and both his plays and his drama theory have influenced such writers as Goethe, Schiller, Hebbel, Hauptmann, Ibsen, Strindberg, Schnitzler, and Brecht. Addressing an audience ranging from graduate students to seasoned scholars, this volume introduces Lessing's life and times and places him within the broader context of the European Enlightenment. It discusses his pathbreaking dramas, his equally revolutionary theoretical, critical, and aesthetic writings, his original fables, his innovative work in philosophy and theology, and his significant contributions to Jewish emancipation. The volume concludes by examining 20th-century reception of Lessing and his oeuvre. Contributors: Barbara Fischer, Thomas C. Fox, Steven D. Martinson, Klaus L. Berghahn, John Pizer, Beate Allert, H. B. Nisbet, Arno Schilson, Willi Goetschel, Peter Hyng, Karin A. Wurst, Ann Schmiesing, Reinhart Meyer, Hans-Joachim Kertscher, Hinrich C. Seeba, Dieter Fratzke, Helmut Berthold, Herbert Rowland. Barbara Fischer is associateprofessor of German and Thomas C. Fox is professor of German, both at the University of Alabama.
Author | : Rosa Mary Muench |
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Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 1933 |
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Author | : Sister St. Gertrude Kanka |
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Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Drama |
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Author | : John George Robertson |
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Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : Drama |
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Author | : John George Robertson |
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