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Title
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Sammlung vermischter Schriften von C.F. Gellert (bound after Lehrgedichte und Erzählungen von C. F. Gellert
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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Language note: German
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Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
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Creator
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Gellert, Christian Fürchtegott
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Date
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2018-03-05T17:14:02Z
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2017-07
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1763
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Date Available
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2018-03-05T17:14:02Z
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Date Issued
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1763
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Abstract
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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.
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Identifier
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11249 (Access ID)
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Language
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ger
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Publisher
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NA
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NA
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Subject
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PT1883 .L45 1763
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Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole