The Lessing Yearbook, the official publication of the Lessing Society, is a valuable source of information on German culture, literature, and thought of the eighteenth century. Articles are in German or English. Essays in past issues have explored a wide variety of subjects pertaining to class and gender, identity formation, art in Lessing’s work, and his philosophy on music and poetry.

Contributors: Wolfgang Albrecht, Wilfried Barner, Manfred Beetz, Barbara Fischer, Monika Fick, Hans-Peter Bayerdörfer, Steven D. Martinson, Monika Nenon, Beate Allert, Anne Schmiesing, Dieter Fratzke