From the looks of it, you've laid some pretty solid groundwork for your subject of interest. Now if you want to take your research further, I'd say you should cast your net further and check if scholars have conducted similar comparisons and what their conclusions were regarding the source texts you examine. Your work is clear and well put together, as to be expected from a fellow academic!
Catt and Voltaire do have a common thread: Fritz. He could have verbally recounted to them the same rendition of the story-- as time goes on, people tend to solidify a certain rendition of a memory in their minds.
As for the nephew and heir, it seems as though Selena is correct in her evaluation. I assume you've gone through mentions of the future FW II in Fritz's published letters here as well:
Re: Katte Textual Criticism: Discussion (REPLY HERE)
From the looks of it, you've laid some pretty solid groundwork for your subject of interest. Now if you want to take your research further, I'd say you should cast your net further and check if scholars have conducted similar comparisons and what their conclusions were regarding the source texts you examine. Your work is clear and well put together, as to be expected from a fellow academic!
Catt and Voltaire do have a common thread: Fritz. He could have verbally recounted to them the same rendition of the story-- as time goes on, people tend to solidify a certain rendition of a memory in their minds.
As for the nephew and heir, it seems as though Selena is correct in her evaluation. I assume you've gone through mentions of the future FW II in Fritz's published letters here as well:
http://friedrich.uni-trier.de/de/oeuvres/