Plays Nathan The Wise And Minna Von Barnhelm Translated Into English
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Plays of Lessing; Nathan the Wise and Minna Von Barnhelm, Tr. Into English
Author | : Gotthold Ephraim Lessing |
Publisher | : Rarebooksclub.com |
Total Pages | : 74 |
Release | : 2013-09 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781230056098 |
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 edition. Excerpt: ...TEMPLAR. Ay, both where and who are they? NATHAN. Her brother is discovered, and to him "You must address yourself! TEMPLAP Her brother! Hal And what is he--a soldier or a priest? Tell me at once what I've to hope from him. NATHAN. I hear he's neither--or he's both. As yet I do not know him thoroughly. TEMPLAR. "What more? NATHAN. He is a gallant fellow, and with him Kecha may be content. TEMPLAR. But he's a Christian. At times 1 know not what to make of yon. Take it not ill, good Nathan, that I ask, Must 6he not henceforth play the Christian, Associate with Christians, and at last Become the character she long has played? "Will not the tares at length grow up and choke The pure wheat you have sown? And does not that Affect you? Yet you say she'll be content "When with her brother. NATHAN. As I think and hope. For should she e'er have need of anything, Has she not you and me? TEMPLAR. "What can she need "When with her brother. Gladly he'll provide His dear new sister with a thousand robes, "With dainties, and with toys and finery. And what could any 6ister wish for more--Unless, perhaps, a husband? And him too, ' Him too the brother, in due time, will find; And the more Christian he, the better!--Nathan, How sad to think the angel you have formed, Should now be marred by others! NATHAN. Be assured He'll always prove deserving of our love. TEMPLAR. Nay speak not so; of my love, speak not so, t For it can brook no loss, however small, Not e'en a name. But, hold! Has she as yet Any suspicion of these late events? NATHAN. 'Tis possible, and yet I know not how. TEMPLAR. It matters not; she must, in either case, First learn from me what fate is threat'ning her. My purpose not to speak with her again, And ne'er...
Nathan the Wise, Minna Von Barnhelm, and Other Plays and Writings
Author | : Gotthold Ephraim Lessing |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 1991-01-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780826407061 |
Lessing was a playwright, scholar, poet, archeologist, philosopher, and critic. His genius is evident in the works collected in this volume, which includes the comedy Minna von Barnhelm, the tragedy Emilia, Galotti, Nathan the Wise, The Jews (and related correspondence), Ernst and Falk: Conversations for the Freemasons, and selections from philosophical and theological writings>
Encyclopedia of Literary Translation Into English: A-L
Author | : O. Classe |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 930 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Authors |
ISBN | : 9781884964367 |
Nathan the Wise
Author | : Gotthold Lessing |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2017-02-03 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781542912068 |
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was a German philosopher, playwright, and art critic. Lessing was one of the most prominent figures of the Enlightenment Era and his writings helped shape the development of modern German literature. Lessing's most famous plays are Nathan the Wise, Emilia Galotti, and Minna von Barnhelm. Nathan the Wise is a historical play set in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade. The play's major themes are religious tolerance, friendship, and communication.
Foreign Plays in English
Author | : New York Public Library |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : |
Play in the Age of Goethe
Author | : Edgar Landgraf |
Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2020-08-14 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1684482062 |
The essays in this volume discuss critical developments in the philosophy, pedagogy, psychology, politics, and poetics of play around 1800. They illustrate that, in this time period, the parameters are set that continue to guide our debates about what are good rather than bad games or practices of play.