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Minna von Barnhelm: or, The Soldier's Fortune
Minna von Barnhelm or The Soldier's Fortune Author:Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781) was a German writer, philosopher, dramatist, publicist, and art critic, and one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the development of German literature. Today his works appear as prototypes of the later developed... more » bourgeois German drama. "Miß Sara Sampson" and "Emilia Galotti" are seen as the first bourgeois tragedies, "Minna von Barnhelm" as the model for many classic German comedies.« less