Briefwechsel: Band 8 November 1741 – Oktober 1742

✍ Scribed by Detlef Döring (editor); Franziska Menzel (editor); Rüdiger Otto (editor); Michael Schlott (editor)

Publisher: De Gruyter
Year: 2014
Tongue: German
Leaves: 648
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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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.

✦ Table of Contents

Einleitung zum 8. Band
Erläuterungen zur Edition
Danksagung
Verzeichnis der Absender
Verzeichnis der Absendeorte
Verzeichnis der Fundorte
Verzeichnis der abgekürzt zitierten Literatur
Briefe November 1741 bis Oktober 1742
Bio-bibliographisches Korrespondentenverzeichnis
Personenverzeichnis
Verzeichnis der in den Briefen erwähnten Orte, Regionen und Länder
Verzeichnis der in den Briefen erwähnten Schriften
Verzeichnis der in den Briefen erwähnten Schriften von Johann Christoph Gottsched und Luise Adelgunde Victorie Gottsche

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