Huh, the Maupertuis one surprised me. Possibly a result of his position as president?
By the way, speaking of women and Fritz and German literature - I recently read the entirety of Gottsched's letter, in which he describes his meetings with Fritz, and was surprised to find that Fritz repeatedly inquired after his wife and seemed almost more interested in her work than in Gottsched's! He even wanted to see some of it, which Gottsched brought with him for the next meeting, and Fritz commented that if he had more time, he would write to her. I just thought it was neat, given what you told us about her (and her love for Émilie, hee).
I guess so, plus, like Algarotti, he'd written a "explaining science to ladies" book.
Gottsched(s): that is fascinating! I only knew excerpts from this letter before, and certainly not that Fritz showed such repeated interest in die Gottschedin. Now I'm imaging how an encounter would have gone.
Fritz: So, Madame Gottsched, who among the French authors you've translated was your favourite? LG: Émilie du Chatelet. Want to read my poem to her? It's in the same volume as my Ode To MT, which contains the line "Oh MT, Princess Able To Speak Her People's Language"....
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Re: Libraries
Date: 2021-04-15 05:52 pm (UTC)By the way, speaking of women and Fritz and German literature - I recently read the entirety of Gottsched's letter, in which he describes his meetings with Fritz, and was surprised to find that Fritz repeatedly inquired after his wife and seemed almost more interested in her work than in Gottsched's! He even wanted to see some of it, which Gottsched brought with him for the next meeting, and Fritz commented that if he had more time, he would write to her. I just thought it was neat, given what you told us about her (and her love for Émilie, hee).
Re: Libraries
Date: 2021-04-16 05:15 am (UTC)I guess so, plus, like Algarotti, he'd written a "explaining science to ladies" book.
Gottsched(s): that is fascinating! I only knew excerpts from this letter before, and certainly not that Fritz showed such repeated interest in die Gottschedin. Now I'm imaging how an encounter would have gone.
Fritz: So, Madame Gottsched, who among the French authors you've translated was your favourite?
LG: Émilie du Chatelet. Want to read my poem to her? It's in the same volume as my Ode To MT, which contains the line "Oh MT, Princess Able To Speak Her People's Language"....
Re: Libraries
Date: 2021-04-16 05:43 am (UTC)