he DEFINITELY has a motive for letting Fritz be complimentary about young FW
I agree!
Now, the chronology is that the diary would have been written 1758-1760; the memoirs we don't know when they were composed, but 1786 is suggested as a possible date for the composition or revision; Catt is estranged from Fritz in 1782; Catt dies in 1795 in Potsdam; the memoirs weren't published until 1885.
So there's a very good chance editing was happening when Catt was 1) pissed off at Fritz, 2) sucking up to FW.
So that's why the question is: do the diaries contain these mentions of 1758-1760 Fritz being nice to FW2 when speaking of him to Catt?
teaching him to make fun of other people when they make mistakes instead of encouraging him to be kind
The traumatized previous generation traumatizing the next generation, and on and on it goes.
Re: Katte Textual Criticism: Discussion (REPLY HERE)
I agree!
Now, the chronology is that the diary would have been written 1758-1760; the memoirs we don't know when they were composed, but 1786 is suggested as a possible date for the composition or revision; Catt is estranged from Fritz in 1782; Catt dies in 1795 in Potsdam; the memoirs weren't published until 1885.
So there's a very good chance editing was happening when Catt was 1) pissed off at Fritz, 2) sucking up to FW.
So that's why the question is: do the diaries contain these mentions of 1758-1760 Fritz being nice to FW2 when speaking of him to Catt?
teaching him to make fun of other people when they make mistakes instead of encouraging him to be kind
The traumatized previous generation traumatizing the next generation, and on and on it goes.