Johann Christoph Gottsched: Quick Facts

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Born	February 2, 1700 • Russia
Died	December 12, 1766 (aged 66) • Leipzig • Germany
Notable Works	“Ausführliche Redekunst” • “Der Biedermann” • “Deutsche Schaubühne” • “Die vernünftigen Tadlerinnen” • “Grundlegung einer deutschen Sprachkunst” • “Versuch einer kritischen Dichtkunst vor die Deutschen”
Subjects Of Study	French literature • German literature • dramatic literature • poetry

German dramatist and critic Gotthold Lessing

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

German author

Paul Ernst

Paul Ernst

German writer

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Suzanne Lilar

Belgian author

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Jean de La Taille

French author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German author

Werfel, Franz

Franz Werfel

German writer

Gerstenberg, engraving

Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg

German writer

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Georg Philipp Harsdörfer

German poet

Painting of Samuel Johnson showing Johnson seated at a desk with a quill in hand and papers before him, wearing a brown coat and white wig.

Samuel Johnson

English author

D.H. Lawrence

D.H. Lawrence

English writer

T.S. Eliot stands at a chalkboard, writing a diagram with letters and Greek symbols representing characters for a play, in his office at the Institute for Advanced Study.

T.S. Eliot

American-English poet, playwright, and literary critic

Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold

British critic

Hofmannsthal, photograph by Thea Sternheim, 1911; in the Schiller-Nationalmuseum, Marbach, Ger.

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Austrian author

François Mauriac

François Mauriac

French author

Lamb, Mary Ann; Lamb, Charles

Charles Lamb

British author

Quasimodo

Salvatore Quasimodo

Italian poet

John Jay Chapman.

John Jay Chapman

American writer

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Sir Stephen Spender

English poet

Antonin Artaud as Jean Massieu

Antonin Artaud

French author and actor

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Karl Kraus

Austrian writer