by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing · Reclam Philipp Jun. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783150192627
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«Emilia Galotti» is the tragedy in five acts by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, published by Reclam Philipp Jun. in paperback (139 pages, in German).
The drama shows the clash between bourgeois virtue and the arbitrary power of the nobility. Emilia, a young bourgeois woman engaged to Count Appiani, attracts the passion of the Prince of Guastalla, who weaves an intrigue to prevent the wedding. The work, key to the Enlightenment, moves towards a tragic ending.
Study edition from Reclams Universal-Bibliothek (No. 19262), with critical apparatus, notes and commentaries; published in 2014.
For students of German and literature, or for anyone wanting to approach a classic of the Enlightenment with supporting material.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was a German philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic. He was a representative of the Enlightenment. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the development of German literature. He is widely considered by theatre historians to be the first dramaturg in his role at Abel Seyler's Hamburg National Theatre. The word "dramaturgy" first appears in his work Hamburg Dramaturgy.
