Lessing’s Life and Work

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Lessing Editions and Abbreviations xi
6. Selected Works by Lessing xiii
7. Introduction 1
8. Lessing’s Life, Work, and Times
9. Lessing’s Life and Work 11
10. Lessing and the European Enlightenment 41
11. Criticism and Aesthetics
12. Lessing the Critic: Polemics as Enlightenment 67
13. Lessing and the Fable 89
14. Lessing’s Poetics as an Approach to Aesthetics 105
15. Philosophy and Theology
16. Lessing and Philosophy 133
17. Lessing and Theology 157
18. Lessing and the Jews 185
19. Drama and Drama Theory
20. Lessing’s Drama Theory: Discursive Writings on Drama, Performance, and Theater 211
21. Gender and Identity in Lessing’s Dramas 231
22. Reception
23. Lessing and the Third Reich 261
24. Lessing on the German-Speaking Stage in the Federal Republic of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, 1945–1990 283
25. Lessing on the East German Stage and Screen 301
26. Modern Criticism in Historical Context: 200 Years of Lessing Reception 327
27. Contact Organizations
28. The Lessing Museum and Research Center for Lessing Reception in Kamenz 353
29. The Lessing Academy in Wolfenbüttel 357
30. A Brief History of the Lessing Society 359
31. Works Cited 363
32. Contributors 393
33. Index 399