Horowski in Das Europa der Könige has quite a lot about that particular Societé in the chapter Grumbkow trinkt. :)
ETA: also, I keep forgetting to add this somewhere, so here it goes: in the review of Tröger's book that Mildred linked, it says that Manteuffel basically intended to write a complete novella in volume in reply ot Brühl's demand for a take on Fritz, via letters, first "Fritz: the good side" letters, and then "Fritz: the bad side" letters, but by the time FW kicked the bucket, only the good side letters had been finished, so he sent those plus the anonymous report to Dresden. Yet another reminder of how the letter format was such a firm favourite for 18th century literary productions.
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Re: Suhm about Fritz (?)
Date: 2021-02-16 06:09 am (UTC)ETA: also, I keep forgetting to add this somewhere, so here it goes: in the review of Tröger's book that Mildred linked, it says that Manteuffel basically intended to write a complete novella in volume in reply ot Brühl's demand for a take on Fritz, via letters, first "Fritz: the good side" letters, and then "Fritz: the bad side" letters, but by the time FW kicked the bucket, only the good side letters had been finished, so he sent those plus the anonymous report to Dresden. Yet another reminder of how the letter format was such a firm favourite for 18th century literary productions.
Re: Suhm about Fritz (?)
Date: 2021-02-19 06:38 am (UTC)