1833—
Letter to James F. Clarke
p202analyzed · read
“E. Gaelotti is good in the same way as Minna.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. VI. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988.
WorkGotthold Ephraim Lessing
Emilia Galotti
Emilia Galotti: Ein Trauerspiel in fünf Aufzügen (Berlin: Voß, 1772)
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781) · Berlin: Voß, 1772
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Documented 1833–1837
Additional passages preserved in the Memoirs (1852)
Letters
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Confirmed reading
Passages where the evidence goes beyond allusion to indicate that Fuller had this work in hand — an explicit statement of reading, sustained excerpting or translation, or a specific reading episode recorded by those who knew her.
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- 1833Emilia GalottiAttested
“E. Galeotti is good in the same way as Minna.”
Letters of Margaret Fuller ed. Hudspeth · June 1833
MERGED 2026-10-11: absorbed duplicate witness(es) re248 (L-2 Letters of Margaret Fuller ed. Hudspeth, letter_1012.txt; tier A; same passage) — counted once here. Part of the same continuous reading report as 1297 ('E. Galeotti is good in the same way as Minna'), reflecting her direct assessment after reading.
- 1836Emilia GalottiAttested
“Lessing's Nathan, Minna, Emilia Galeotti”
Letters of Margaret Fuller ed. Hudspeth · [ca. Summer 1837]
MERGED 2026-10-11: absorbed duplicate witness(es) re252 (Mem-4 Margaret Fuller by Julia Ward Howe, p.63; tier C; same passage) — counted once here. Continuing the same explicit reading list naming Emilia Galotti.
When Fuller engaged with this work
1833—
Letter to James F. Clarke
p183analyzed · read
“E. Galeotti is good in the same way as Minna. Well-conceived and sustained characters, interesting situations, but never that profound knowledge of human nature...”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Vol. I: 1817-1838. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1983.
1837—
Letter to Unknown
p278analyzed · read
“Lessing's Nathan, Minna, Emilia Galeotti”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. I. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1983.
Preserved in the Memoirs (1852)
1852—
Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli
p229read
“Lessing's Nathan, Minna, Emilia Galeotti”
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, William Henry Channing, and James Freeman Clarke, eds. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli. 2 vols. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1852.