The Critical Edition of Moritz’s Worksreveals for the first time the complete works of a key figure from the history of German literature and ideas. Apart from producing a reliable edition of the texts, a main objective of this work is to provide a meticulous historical commentary. The edition, whichcontains 13 vols.,presents thecomplete works and letters, together with documents from his activity as member of the Berlin Academies.
The Critical Edition of Moritz's Works (KMA) reveals for the first time the complete works of a key figure from the history of German literature and ideas who resided at the intersection between Enlightenment, Classicism, and Romanticism. Apart from producing a reliable edition of the texts, a main objective of this work is to provide a meticulous historical commentary. The edition, which contains 13 volumes (Vols. 4, 5, and 7 each comprise two parts), presents the complete works and letters of Karl Philipp Moritz (1756-1793), together with documents from his activity as member of the Berlin Academy of Arts and of the Berlin Academy of Sciences. The division of the volumes reflects the multiplicity of genres and subject areas treated by Moritz - poetry, travelogues, journalism, aesthetics, ancient studies, mythology, the theory of language, education, psychology, moral philosophy, freemasonry, as well as the editing and translation of works from foreign languages. It was a particular concern of the editors to document both Moritz's interdisciplinary achievements in linking these manifold interests and his involvement in the intellectual environment of late-Enlightenment Berlin.
Jürgen Jahnke
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"Diesen stattlichen und schön gestalteten Band in der historisch-kritischen Ausgabe der Werke von Karl Philipp Moritz darf man als wichtigen Beitrag zu unseren Kenntnissen und unserem Verständnis dieses in seiner Breite noch nicht ganz erfassten Autors ansehen. Bei den Herausgebern, Jürgen Jahnke und Christof Wingertszahn, beide ausgewiesene Moritz-Kenner und -Forscher, wäre dies nicht anders zu erwarten gewesen. Einige Zahlen mögen zur Veranschaulichung der hier gebotenen Arbeitsleistung dienen: 147 Seiten Text; 30 Seiten Bibliographie; 49 Seiten Überlieferung; 57 Seiten Überblickskommentar; 103 Seiten Dokumente; 164 Seiten Stellenerläuterung; 39 Seiten chronologische Übersicht, Bilddokumente und Register. Die Fülle der Dokumentation lässt auf vollständigste Erforschung des Quellenmaterials schließen."Roger Paulin in: Arbitrium 34,1/2016
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