Johann Christoph Gottsched: Briefwechsel / 17341735

Johann Christoph Gottsched (17001766) is considered to be one of the greatest scholars of the Early German Enlightenment. His extensive correspondence is being presented here in a standard edition: 25 volumes, approx. 6.000 letters to and from Gottsched, are being published with a critical apparatus and an academic commentary.

Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700-1766) is considered to be one of the greatest scholars of the Early German Enlightenment. As a professor for poetics in Leipzig, he worked towards a reformation of the German language and a renaissance in German drama. His extensive correspondence and social contacts made him a European event' and his papers are being presented here in a standard edition: 25 volumes, approx. 6,000 letters to and from Gottsched, predominantly in German, are being published with a critical apparatus and an academic commentary. This edition is being published in co-operation with the Saxonian Academy of Sciences and edited by members of the academy. The edition is scheduled to be published over 25 years and offers an ideal addition to the multi-volume edition of Gottsched's works, already published by de Gruyter.

Autorentext

Detlef Döring, Rüdiger Otto und Michael Schlott, Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig.

Zusammenfassung
"Der unterhaltsame, nicht nur für Literaturwissenschaftler wichtige Band , der wie die früheren von stupender Gelehrsamkeit und Editionskunst zeugt, ist allen an der Geschichte des 18. Jahrhunderts Interessierten mit Nachdruck zur Lektüre zu empfehlen."Joachim Bahlcke in: Das Historisch-Politische Buch 57.4/2009