Versuch einer critischen Dichtkunst vor die Deutschen

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book literary theory work poetics treatise

Versuch einer critischen Dichtkunst vor die Deutschen is an 18th-century German poetics treatise by Johann Christoph Gottsched that systematically codifies rules for literary composition and helped shape early German literary classicism.

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Label	Occurrences
Versuch einer critischen Dichtkunst vor die Deutschen canonical	3

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ literary theory work ⓘ poetics treatise ⓘ
addresses	imitation of nature in poetry ⓘ moral function of literature ⓘ unity of action in drama ⓘ
aim	to codify systematic rules for German literary composition ⓘ to elevate German literature to classical standards ⓘ
associatedWith	Leipzig School ⓘ surface form: Leipzig school of literature
author	Johann Christoph Gottsched ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
focusesOn	epic poetry ⓘ rules for comedy ⓘ rules for tragedy ⓘ style and decorum in literature ⓘ
genre	aesthetics ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ poetics ⓘ
hasAuthorRole	Johann Christoph Gottsched ⓘ surface form: Johann Christoph Gottsched was a German philosopher and literary critic
hasInfluenceOn	German literary theory in the Enlightenment ⓘ development of German neoclassical drama ⓘ
historicalContext	German Enlightenment ⓘ
impact	helped shape early German literary classicism ⓘ influenced 18th-century German drama ⓘ influenced 18th-century German poetry ⓘ standardized poetic norms in German literature ⓘ
influencedBy	Poetics ⓘ surface form: Aristotelian poetics French classicism ⓘ Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux ⓘ surface form: Nicolas Boileau
intendedAudience	German literary critics ⓘ German writers ⓘ
mainSubject	classical poetics ⓘ literary composition ⓘ rules of poetry ⓘ
movement	Enlightenment ⓘ German literary classicism ⓘ
originalLanguage	German ⓘ
period	early 18th century German literature ⓘ
publicationCentury	18th century ⓘ
theoreticalBasis	classical rules of drama ⓘ rationalist aesthetics ⓘ
workScope	systematic presentation of poetic rules ⓘ

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Description of subject: Versuch einer critischen Dichtkunst vor die Deutschen is an 18th-century German poetics treatise by Johann Christoph Gottsched that systematically codifies rules for literary composition and helped shape early German literary classicism.

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Johann Christoph Gottsched → notableWork → Versuch einer critischen Dichtkunst vor die Deutschen ⓘ

Gottsched → notableWork → Versuch einer critischen Dichtkunst vor die Deutschen ⓘ

subject surface form: Johann Christoph Gottsched

Critische Dichtkunst → originalTitle → Versuch einer critischen Dichtkunst vor die Deutschen ⓘ