It's even an argument against his severe illnesses from the late 1720s onwards leading to his worst behavior. In October 1716, when he orders Gundling to be locked up in a room with young bears and firecrackers, he's as healthy as he'll ever be, in peak physical condition. It's even before the onset of "everyone is conspiring against me!" paranoia triggered by the Clement affair in late 1718/through 1719.
Yes, excellent point! I've gone ahead and added a few entries for Gundling in our chronology, but if you want to add more while you still have the book, that would be great. If you still have Bronisch and want to add some Manteuffel, also welcome! I'll take care of incorporating your entries into the main chronology once you've made them. (Not making any one person do everything at one time is the only reason this chronology happened--it's too daunting otherwise.)
Knobelsdorff dates also welcome if anyone has time and interest! Felis, detective and reader, would you like write access to this document? No pressure, but if you do, just DM me with your gmail address.
it's a minor miracle he was able to produce books and have normal conversations
Agreed! Fucking hell.
Good luck with your German and the reading. As I said before, I found Stollberg-Rilinger informative but pretty dry, so you might consider switching back to Horowski again for practice?
It's definitely dry, and I have been considering switching to something else. Otoh, it is very informative and I'm learning things I'm glad to have learned, and the syntax is noticeably easier than Horowski. (I wasn't expecting that based on your descriptions, but you are a fluent reader to whom syntax complexity is not a concern. ;)) I think I'm going to stick with it for a bit longer and see what happens.
If I start feeling that the dryness is interfering with my all-important German acquisition, I'll look around. I wish my Orieux and Fahlenkamp books would arrive! Why must mail from Germany take so long? :-(
Re: Martin Sabrow's Gundling Biography: II
Yes, excellent point! I've gone ahead and added a few entries for Gundling in our chronology, but if you want to add more while you still have the book, that would be great. If you still have Bronisch and want to add some Manteuffel, also welcome! I'll take care of incorporating your entries into the main chronology once you've made them. (Not making any one person do everything at one time is the only reason this chronology happened--it's too daunting otherwise.)
Knobelsdorff dates also welcome if anyone has time and interest! Felis, detective and reader, would you like write access to this document? No pressure, but if you do, just DM me with your gmail address.
it's a minor miracle he was able to produce books and have normal conversations
Agreed! Fucking hell.
Good luck with your German and the reading. As I said before, I found Stollberg-Rilinger informative but pretty dry, so you might consider switching back to Horowski again for practice?
It's definitely dry, and I have been considering switching to something else. Otoh, it is very informative and I'm learning things I'm glad to have learned, and the syntax is noticeably easier than Horowski. (I wasn't expecting that based on your descriptions, but you are a fluent reader to whom syntax complexity is not a concern. ;)) I think I'm going to stick with it for a bit longer and see what happens.
If I start feeling that the dryness is interfering with my all-important German acquisition, I'll look around. I wish my Orieux and Fahlenkamp books would arrive! Why must mail from Germany take so long? :-(