by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing · Dtv Deutscher Taschenbuch · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783423026109
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Minna von Barnhelm, or the Soldier's Fortune is a comedy in five acts written by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. First published in 1767, the play is a classic of German literature and one of the first successful bourgeois comedies. The story focuses on the love affairs and social conflicts between Minna, a Saxon noblewoman, and Tellheim, a Prussian officer, in the context of the Seven Years' War. The play explores themes such as honor, love, money, and reconciliation.
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.
