Download or read book Briefwechsel unter Einschluss des Briefwechsels von Luise Adelgunde Victorie Gottsched: 1738-Juni 1739 written by Johann Christoph Gottsched and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.