Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was a German philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and a representative of the Enlightenment era. 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 See more. Bis ins Jahrhundert hinein blieb Lessings dramaturgisches Konzept wegweisend für die deutsche Dramatik. Das bürgerliche Trauerspiel als neuer Dramentyp.
seine „Revision des dramatischen Werks" Lessings (so der Untertitel) soll mit einer seit mehr als zwei Jahrhunderten von Missverständnissen geprägten Lessing-Philologie . On 15 February , Lessing, aged 52, died during a visit to the wine dealer Angott in Brunswick. Lessing was also famous for his friendship with Jewish .