Matthias Claudius 1740-1815. Leben-Zeit-Werk.(Review)

From: The Modern Language Review | Date: January 1, 2000| Author: Hilliard, K.F. | Copyright information

Matthias Claudius 1740-1815. Leben--Zeit--Werk. Ed. by JORG-ULRICH FECHNER. (Wolfenbutteler Studien zur Aufklarung, 21) Tubingen: Niemeyer. 1996. xxvii + 343 pp. DM 168.

This volume is the product of a symposium to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Claudius's birth. The symposium was one of two in the anniversary year 1990; the proceedings of the other conference have already been published (Matthias Claudius: 250 Jahre. Werk und Wirkung, ed. by Friedhelm Debus, Veroffent...

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