Sammlung vermischter Schriften von C.F. Gellert (bound after Lehrgedichte und Erzählungen von C. F. Gellert

Title

en_US Sammlung vermischter Schriften von C.F. Gellert (bound after Lehrgedichte und Erzählungen von C. F. Gellert

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: German

en_US Christian Fürchtegott Gellert

Creator

en_US Gellert, Christian Fürchtegott See all items with this value

Date

2018-03-05T17:14:02Z

en_US 2017-07

en_US 1763

Date Available

2018-03-05T17:14:02Z

Date Issued

en_US 1763

Abstract

en_US Here is a surprising little treasure! I had not realized that I did not have an early edition of Gellert. This volume comes from his lifetime, since he died in 1769. It is in fact two volumes, as I found when I kept trying to match the closing T of C with the beginning texts. The first volume does not include fables, while the second does. Gellert's famous "Fabeln und Erzahlungen" was published in 1746, with a second part in 1748. I have the sense that the fables here may be later works, and may not be as trenchant as his earlier work. I notice that the latest paperback version of Gellert includes none of the fables offered here. I tested three of those here. "Der Leichtsinn," can indicate recklessness, carelessness, frivolity. Leichtsinn was banned from human company and came to the gods to find a home. Zeus had Mercury bring him to Cupid, where his work has been ever since to precede love. Since then he has done his duty quite regularly (30)! "The Will": A dying father gives his son his last will. "You will inherit little from me except this wisdom. Be a just man. That is the true happiness." "Vergiss es nicht: das wahre Glück allein/Ist ein rechtschaffner Mann zu seyn" (32). "The Young Man and the Old Man": The former asks the latter how to rise. Answer: be courageous and wise. "But those are hard. I had hoped for easier ways." Then be a fool. Fools also often rise (37). There is no indication of a publisher or place of publication.

Identifier

en_US 11249 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/117120

Language

en_US ger

Publisher

en_US NA

en_US NA

Subject

en_US PT1883 .L45 1763 See all items with this value

en_US Christian Fürchtegott Gellert See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole