Johann Joachim Eschenburg

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Johann Joachim Eschenburg was an 18th-century German literary scholar and critic known for his influential Shakespeare translations and contributions to the development of German literary studies.

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instanceOf human
literary critic
literary scholar
translator
centuryOfActivity 18th century
19th century
countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1743-12-25
dateOfDeath 1820-02-29
describedBySource 18th-century German literary scholarship
educatedAt University of Göttingen
University of Leipzig
employer Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup German
familyName Eschenburg NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork English literature
German literature
Shakespeare studies
literary studies
genre aesthetics
literary criticism
givenName Joachim NERFINISHED
Johann
hasOccupationRole professor of eloquence and literature
influenced development of German Shakespeare reception
early German literary historiography
influencedBy Gotthold Ephraim Lessing NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
German
memberOf Braunschweig Collegium Carolinum faculty
movement Enlightenment NERFINISHED
name Johann Joachim Eschenburg NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage German
notableFor early complete German translation of Shakespeare’s plays
systematizing German literary history
notableWork Beispielsammlung zur Theorie und Literatur der schönen Wissenschaften NERFINISHED
Entwurf einer Theorie und Literatur der schönen Wissenschaften NERFINISHED
German translation of the complete works of William Shakespeare
Handbuch der klassischen Literatur NERFINISHED
Lehrbuch der Wissenschaftskunde
Lehrbuch der schönen Wissenschaften
occupation literary critic
literary scholar
translator
placeOfBirth Hamburg NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Braunschweig NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
workLocation Braunschweig NERFINISHED

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Allgemeine Deutsche Bibliothek contributor Johann Joachim Eschenburg