Lessing's Nathan The Wise (1901) - Softcover

Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1120636043 ISBN 13: 9781120636041

Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

Lessing's Nathan The Wise is a play that was first published in 1779. It is set in Jerusalem during the time of the Crusades and tells the story of a Jewish merchant named Nathan who is asked by the Muslim sultan Saladin to answer the question of which religion is the true one. Nathan responds with a parable that emphasizes the importance of tolerance and respect for all religions. The play explores themes of religious and cultural tolerance, the nature of God, and the relationship between Jews, Christians, and Muslims. It is considered a masterpiece of German Enlightenment literature and has been widely studied and performed. This edition of the play, translated into English by William Taylor, was first published in 1901.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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German of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing of Nathan the Wise. one of the authors most widely known dramatic compositions. The story is an entertaining one and holds the readers interest to the close, although the ending is somewhat disappointing. Nathan, a wealthy Jew, returning home from a business trip, finds that his adopted daughter, Recha, has been rescued from death by a young Knight Templar, who had been captured by the Sultan Salad in, and whose life had been spared by reason of a strong resemblance to a deceased brother of the Sultan. In the brief meeting between the two young people each had fallen in love with the other. The Templar, knowing that Recha is the daughter of a Jew, with that common prejudice for the race, studiously avoids her, and refuses to yield to the entreaties of her companion, Daja, to come and receive thanks for his heroic services.
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Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1120636043
• ISBN 13: 9781120636041
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176
• Herausgeber: Bell Ernest
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