Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700-1766): Harbinger of German Classicism - P. M. Mitchell, Phillip Marshall Mitchell - Google Books

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Gottsched (1700-66) filled all these lacunae and gained a position of eminence from about 1720 to - in many fields - until his death, but with regard to the drama only until 1758 when he was knocked from his pedestal, so to speak, by the young G. E.…