Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700–1766) 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.
Johann Christoph Gottsched
Aufklärung Gottsched, Johann Christoph Gottsched, Luise
"Der zweite, mit bestechender Präsision vorgelegte Band der historisch-kritischen Edition des Gottsched-Briefwechsels, die im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig von Detlef Döring und Manfred Rudersdorf herausgegeben wird, zeugt wie bereits der im Vorjahr erschienene Pilotband von stupender Gelehrsamkeit und Editionskunst."Joachim Bahlke in: Das Historisch-Politische Buch 4/2008 "Die Geschichtsschreibung der deutschen Philosophie des 18. Jahrhunderts wird bereits die zwei ersten Bände dieser Edition mit großem Gewinn benutzen können."Stefan Lorenz in: Studia Leibnitiana 1/2008
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