Novellas from the learned and curious world
The short stories from the learned and curious world , published by Gottfried Zenner between 1692 and 1697, are a German-language magazine that entertains with current science.
Zenner gave himself as an author with his initials and profession "GZ IC." Gottfried Zenner Jurisconsultus as well as his place of residence, Altenburg . August Boetius took over the publishing house of the journal in Gotha in cooperation with Friedrich Groschuff in Leipzig.
In their construction, the novels from the learned and curious world tie in with the monthly conversations published by Christian Thomasius . The monthly discussions of some good friends (1689–1698) published by Wilhelm Ernst Tentzel are even closer to the project . Unlike Tentzel's magazine, the novels live from a larger group of virtual participants: more or less learned men together with their wives, their sisters and friends. As a reader, you get a taste of the small town's eagerness for education, which is represented here in conversation.
The stories are different Tentzes interviews a clear review organ. You can find " curieuse " topics but no book titles in the index of contents that is added annually . Subjects can be around 1696 different methods of execution in the world. In contrast to the later Moral Weekly, it is not about a criticism and change of current customs, but rather about entertainment in the context of the well-known scholarly journals.