A Moral Proposition First

In 1730 Johann Christoph Gottsched first published Versuch einer Critischen Dichtkunst vor die Deutschen, an attempt at a critical art of poetry for the Germans. For tragedy he set the starting point.

Der Poet wählet sich einen moralischen Lehrsatz, den er seinen Zuschauern auf eine sinnliche Art einprägen will. The poet chooses a moral proposition that he wants to impress on his audience through the senses. For this the poet invents a fable that makes the truth of the proposition clear.

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