englischThe idea of ›popularity‹ is rarely traced back beyond the 20th century and into the discourses of the time around or before 1800. Nevertheless, questions of popularity and the popularization of knowledge already form an integral part of Enlightenment debates in the 18th century: My study [...]
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englischThe idea of ›popularity‹ is rarely traced back beyond the 20th century and into the discourses of the time around or before 1800. Nevertheless, questions of popularity and the popularization of knowledge already form an integral part of Enlightenment debates in the 18th century: My study [...]
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Daniel Casper von Lohenstein, ein von den Zeitgenossen gefeierter, von der Nachwelt aber vergessener Autor, erzählt in seinem Roman über den "Großmüthigen Feldherrn Arminius" und dessen Frau Thußnelda (1689/90) die frühe "deutsche" Geschichte zur Zeit der Varusschlacht, vordergründig in einer [...]
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