by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing · Hamburger Lesehefte · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783872911483
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«Emilia Galotti» is the tragedy by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, published by Hamburger Lesehefte in paperback (79 pages, in German).
Emilia, a young middle-class woman, is about to marry Count Appiani when Prince Gonzaga takes a fancy to her. The drama pits desire against duty, denounces the aristocracy's abuse of power and champions bourgeois moral integrity, in a political and moral plea of the Enlightenment.
Originally published in 1772, it is number 149 in the Hamburger Lesehefte collection. Full title: «Emilia Galotti: ein Trauerspiel in fünf Aufzügen». This edition is from 1978.
German school edition, intended for students and for Abitur preparation, as well as for readers of Enlightenment literature.
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.
