Gottsched
- Johann Christoph. 1700–66, German critic, dramatist, and translator
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Gottsched was deeply interested in the restoration of the German drama.
Women of the Teutonic NationsHermann Schoenfeld
I received a translation of 'Iphigenia' by Gottsched, and Quintus read it to me.
Frederick The Great and His FamilyL. Muhlbach
"He has written a German history as well as a foreigner could write it," said Gottsched.
Frederick The Great and His FamilyL. Muhlbach
"Well, I think we have already made many beautiful things of it," said Gottsched, in the full consciousness of his own fame.
Frederick The Great and His FamilyL. Muhlbach
Gottsched did not perceive the mockery which lay in these words of the king, but received them smilingly as agreeable flattery.
Frederick The Great and His FamilyL. Muhlbach