Konflikte, Kritik und Kanonbildung Zur zeitgenössischen Rezeption der Prosa August Gottlieb Meißners
Conflicts, Critique and Canonization On the Reception of August Gottlieb Meißner’s Prose by His Contemporaries

Summary/Abstract: Drawing on literary paratexts such as prologues, reviews and letters, this study seeks answers to the question of Meissner’s role in the German-language canon, or rather why his literary legacy has endured for so long. First, Meissner’s personal contacts in the world of literature from a social-historical perspective is considered. This reveals that the repeated criticism of Meissner’s texts, which despite their popularity were to a large extent at odds with the taste of the time, cast him in a bad light. Selected relevant texts will be placed in their discursive context and Meissner’s writings within the parameters of 18th century literary practice examined.

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