Nathan the Wise

Gotthold Lessing

ISBN 10: 0312442432 / ISBN 13: 9780312442439

Published by Bedford Books, 2004

About this Item

As relevant today as when it was written in the eighteenth century, this edition of Nathan the Wise includes an insightful intrduction that delves into major themes of the play, the life of the author, and the Enightenment to provide context as well as illustrate how themes covered them are still discussed now.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nathan the Wise
• Publisher: Bedford Books
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312442432
• ISBN 13: 9780312442439
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

As relevant today as when it was written in the eighteenth century, this edition of Nathan the Wise includes an insightful intrduction that delves into major themes of the play, the life of the author, and the Enightenment to provide context as well as illustrate how themes covered them are still discussed now.

About the Author

RONALD SCHECHTER is associate professor of history at the College of William and Mary, where he teaches a wide variety of courses in European history. He received his doctorate from Harvard University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Heidelberg. Professor Schechter is the author of Obstinate Hebrews: Representations of Jews in France, 1715–1815 (2003) and the editor of The French Revolution: The Essential Readings (2001). He has published articles in Past and Present, Representations, Eighteenth-Century Studies, and Historical Reflections/Réflexions historiques and is the early modern Europe section editor for History Compass.