JOHANN See also:

• JAKOB, LUDWIG HEINRICH VON (1759—1827)

JAKOB See also:

• JOHANN JAKOB BODMER (1698-1783)

BODMER (1698-1783)  , Swiss-See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German author, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Greifensee, near See also:

• ZURICH
• ZURICH (Fr. Zurich; Ital. Zurigo)

Zurich, on the 19th of See also:

• JULY

July 1698 . After first studying See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology and then trying a commercial career, he finally found his vocation in letters . In 1725 he was appointed See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of Helvetian See also:

• HISTORY

history in Zurich, a See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair which he held for See also:

• HALF

half a See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and in 1735 became a member of the " Grosser See also:

• RAT (a word common to Teut. and Rom. languages; probably first adopted in Teut.; the ultimate origin is not known; Skeat suggests the root rad-, to scratch; cf. Ger. Ratte, Dan. rotte, Fr. rat, &c.)

Rat." He published (1721-1723), in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with J . J . Breitinger (1701—1794) and several others, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Discourse der Mahlern, a weekly See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

journal after the See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model of the Spectator . Through his See also:

• PROSE

prose See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton's See also:

• PARADISE (Gr. lrap6BEwos)

Paradise Lost (1732) and his successful endeavours to make a knowledge of See also:

• ENGLISH

English literature accessible to See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, he aroused the hostile See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism of See also:

• GOTTSCHED, JOHANN CHRISTOPH (1700-1766)

Gottsched (q.v.) and his school, a struggle which ended in the See also:

• COMPLETE

complete discomfiture of the latter . His most important writings are the See also:

• TREATISES

treatises Von dem Wunderbaren in der Poesie (1740) and Kritische Betrachtungen caber die poetischen Gemalde der Dichter (1741), in which he pleaded for the freedom of the See also:

• IMAGINATION

imagination from the restriction imposed upon it by See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French pseudo-classicism . See also:

• BODMER, JOHANN JAKOB (1698-1783)

Bodmer's epics Die Sundfluth (1751) and See also:

• NOAH (ni, rest; Septuagint, New Testament, Philo, Josephus, Na*, N&i os, Nweos: Vulg. Noe)

Noah (1751) are weak imitations of See also:

• KLOPSTOCK, GOTTLIEB FRIEDRICH (1724–1803)

Klopstock's Messias, and his plays are entirely deficient in dramatic qualities . He did valuable service to German literature by his See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of the See also:

• MINNESINGERS (Ger. Minnesinger from Minne, love)

Minnesingers and See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• NIBELUNGENLIED, or DER NIBELUNGE NOT

Nibelungenlied . He died at Zurich on the and of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1783 . See T . W .

Danzel, Gottsched and See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

seine Zeit (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1848) ; J . Cruger, J . C . Gottsched, Bodmer and Breitinger (See also:

• STUTTGART

Stuttgart, 1884) ; F . Braitmaier, Geschichte der poetischen Theorie and Kritik von den Diskursen der Maler bis auf See also:

• LESSING, GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM (1729–1781)

Lessing (Leipzig, 1888) ; Denkschrift zu Bodmers 200 . Geburtstag (Zurich, 1900) .