Johann Christoph Gottscheds Briefwechsel - Historisch-kritische Ausgabe Band 8: November 1741 - Oktober 1742

• Main Author: Gottsched, Johann Christoph (auth)
• Other Authors: Döring, Detlef (Editor), Menzel, Franziska (Editor), Otto, Rüdiger (Editor), Schlott, Michael (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2014
• Series: Briefwechsel Band 8
• Subjects: Diaries, letters & journals; Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; Literary studies: plays & playwrights; Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600; Enlightenment; Johann Christoph Gottsched; Luise Gottsched
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Summary

Gottsched spent several months in Dresden while representing Leipzig University at Saxony's parliament. His correspondence lends insight to the events unfolding there and documents his interactions with his circle of acquaintances in Leipzig, whom he normally saw in person. Major topics in the correspondence include the theater, the War of Austrian Succession, and disagreements with Gottsched's critics Bodmer and Breitinger in Zurich.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (588 p.)

ISBN

9783110363005
9783110349795
9783110391510

Access

Open Access