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Johann Jakob Bodmer

    July 19, 1698 – January 2, 1783

    Bodmer championed an aesthetic philosophy rooted in the artist's creative imagination and the depiction of the wondrous, deliberately diverging from prevailing literary currents. He is celebrated as a rediscoverer of medieval German poetry and a significant translator of Homer and Milton. His work profoundly influenced German literature and thought.

    Joh. Christoph Gottsched und die Schweizer
    Deutsche Texte - 30: Vom Laienurteil zum Kunstgefühl
    Schriften zur Literatur
    Brief-Wechsel von der Natur des Poetischen Geschmackes
    Jason and the Argonauts
    • Jason and the Argonauts

      • 64 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      Here begins the fantastic tale of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece. Written in the third century BC, the story of Jason and the Argonauts has thrilled adventure lovers for ages. A noble band of heroes sets out from Greece aboard the ship Argo in search of the fabled Golden Fleece of a magical ram. Under the watchful gaze of the gods, they encounter obstacles both horrible and seductive that test their very limits. This selection is taken from E.V. Rieu's stirring translation of the Argonautica, published in full as The Voyage of Argo.

      Jason and the Argonauts2021
      3.6
    • Schriften zur Literatur

      • 380 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Die beiden Zürcher Gelehrten und Publizisten Johann Jakob Bodmer und Johann Jakob Breitinger entwickelten um 1740 zusammen und im Streit mit dem Leipziger Johann Christoph Gottsched die Grundlagen einer deutschen Literaturkritik und Literaturwissenschaft. Den Schweizern ging es dabei weniger um den moralischen Nutzen der Literatur als um ihre Freiheit, Freiheit von der Regelpoetik und Freiheit zu schöpferischer Einbildungskraft jenseits von Vernunft-Realismus.

      Schriften zur Literatur1980