Gottsched Und Seine Nachwelt Im Achtzehnten Jahrhundert: Versuch Einer Ideengeschichtlichen Ubersicht. (German Text);

Since the late eighteenth century, the reputation of Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700-1766) has suffered as a result of the hostile criticism initiated by Lessing and his followers. This study, written in German, is a contribution to the re-evaluation of Gottsched and his accomplishment in modernizing German culture life in the international spirit of Enlightenment. Whereas earlier scholarly studies of Gottsched have been based primarily on his major work of literary criticism--Versuch einer Critischen Dichtkunst (1729), the present investigation takes a broader approach in considering the Erste Grunde der Gesammten Weltweisheit (1734) and additional sources such as Gottsched's journal Das Neueste aus der Anmuthigen Gelehrsamkeit (1750-62), his essays, speeches, and his didactic poems.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

German

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Gombocz, Istvan J.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Mitchell, P.M.,

• Literature, Germanic

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8803050

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71050