German Drama Since the 1600’s (Critical Survey of Drama)
Johann Christoph Gottsched and German DramaFor German drama, the eighteenth century marks the beginning of a new era that culminates in the unprecedented achievements of Weimar classicism. The credit for having moved literature onto this course must be given to Johann Christoph Gottsched, who is the dominant figure of the early Enlightenment, a time when supreme faith was placed on the exercise of reason.
Though trained as a theologian, Gottsched’s real interest was in literature and aesthetics. His productivity began early. At age twenty-four, he arrived at Leipzig, then an...
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