Johann Joachim Schwabe

Johann Joachim Schwabe (born September 29, 1714 in Magdeburg , † August 12, 1784 in Leipzig ) was a German scholar , librarian , philosopher and translator .

Life

Schwabe taught in Leipzig and was a member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences . As an enthusiastic pupil of Johann Christoph Gottsched , he transferred Jonathan Swift to German conditions on his advice (1734). He published the amusements of the mind and wit , one of the important critical and aesthetic magazines of the Enlightenment, which appeared from 1741 to 1745.

The book Thorough Mythological Lexicon by Benjamin Hederich he published in 1770 in the second edition. Even Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Friedrich Schiller and Heinrich von Kleist drew their mythological knowledge from individual articles were in Zedler's Universal Lexicon taken (1732-1754).

General history of travel by sea and by land

He was also the editor of one of the most extensive and important German-language collections of travelogues of the 18th century , the work General History of Travel to Water and Land [...] , which appeared in Leipzig from 1747 to 1774 in 21 volumes. It was based on the English New general collection of voyages and travels (4 volumes, 1745–1747) and the French Histoire générale des voyages (20 volumes, 1746–1791), “but complements those of the English and French editors Thomas Astley and Antoine -François Prévost selected works and translated more faithfully than the French edition. "

Amusements of the mind and wit , quote

“The 'Amusements' published since 1741 were under Gottsched's influence, and can be considered the first fiction journal in Germany ... In terms of content, they were shaped by Leipzig poets and students of Gottsched ... Christian Fürchtegott Gellert became famous for the animal fables published here. The magazine, headed by Johann Joachim Schwabe, initially served Gottsched for poetry-theoretical debates with his Zurich rivals Johann Jacob Bodmer and Johann Jacob Breitinger , who opposed his overly rational rule poetics and pleaded for more fantasy and literary imagination ... In the 'New Contributions to Pleasure of the mind and wit 'and the' mingled writings collection 'that followed the' amusements' reflects the literary history of the 1840s and 50s ”.

Works

• (Ed. And transl.) Swift Jonathan: Anti-Longin, Or the art of crawling in poetry / initially written by Mr. D. Swift for the best of the English countries, translated itzo to improve taste among us Germans, and with examples English, but mainly explained from our German poets throughout. This is accompanied by the same art of state lies, along with a treatise by Sr. Hochedelgebohrnen, Hn. Johann Christoph Gottscheds, Prof. Log. & Metaph. Ord. And Poes. Extra to Leipzig, also the Königl. Preussl. Soc. member of the sciences, of whom Bathos in operas . Leipzig, published by Joh. George Löwe, 1734 mdz-nbn-resolving.de
• (Ed.) Amusements of the mind and wit (magazine), 1741–1745
• (Ed.) General history of travel on water and on land; or collection of all travelogues, which up to itzo had been published in different languages ​​by all peoples, and give a complete understanding of the modern description of the earth and history; in which is represented the real condition of all nations, and the strangest, most useful, and most truthful in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, as to their various empires and countries; their location, size, borders, divisions, regions of the sky, soil, fruits, animals, rivers, lakes, mountains, large and small cities, ports, buildings, etc., as well as the customs and habits of the inhabitants, their religion, type of government, arts and sciences, Action and Manufacturen, is included; Provided with the necessary maps according to the newest and most correct astronomical perceptions and with many pictures of the cities, coasts, views, animals, plants, clothes, and other such peculiarities; Gathered together in English by a society of learned men, and translated from it into German. Leipzig: Arkstee and Merkus, 1747–1774. digital.bibliothek.uni-halle.de
• (Ed.) Benjamin Hederich: Thorough mythological lexicon, including the fabulous, as probable and actual history of the ancient Roman, Greek and Egyptian gods and goddesses and what belongs to them, together with their actual formations with the ancient, physical and moral interpretations worn, and provided with an appendix of useful genealogical tables. For a better understanding of the fine arts and sciences not only for students, but also for many artists and lovers of old works of art, carefully examined, considerably increased and improved by Johann Joachim Schwaben. Gleditsch, Leipzig 1770, Textarchiv - Internet Archive

literature

• Gustav Waniek:  Schwabe, Johann Joachim . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 33, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, pp. 162-171.
• Franz Ulbrich : The amusements of the mind and wit. A contribution to 18th century journalism. Diss. Leipzig 1911.
• Wolfgang Griep, Susanne Luber (ed.): Travel literature and geography in the Eutin regional library. West Holstein Publishing House Boyens & Co., Heide 1990.
• Horst-Walter Blanke: Knowledge-knowledge acquisition-knowledge accumulation-knowledge transfer in the Enlightenment. The example of the general history of travel and its forerunners . In: Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink (ed.): The Europe of the Enlightenment and the non-European colonial world (The eighteenth century: Supplementa). Göttingen 2006, pp. 138–156.

Web links

• Works by and about Johann Joachim Schwabe  in the German Digital Library
• Literature by and about Johann Joachim Schwabe in the catalog of the SUB Göttingen
• Publications by and about Johann Joachim Schwabe in VD 18 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Griep / Luber 17
2. ↑ The Magazines of the Enlightenment. Beginning of a literary public. In: Leipziger Blätter , 1998, H. 32, pp. 31–33. Quoted from: Sales catalog Antiquariat Dr. Karl Ruetz, Switzerland (zvab.de)