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Marriage a la Mode is the most famous of William Hogarth's
'progresses' or series paintings, the story of a marriage de
convenance and its unhappy consequences in fashionable 18th-century
London. Contemporaries relished teasing out the meaning of all its
rich detail, and the most extensive and popular of all the
commentaries on the artist's accomplishment: was that of the witty,
many-sided German, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Brilliantly
translated, thoroughly annotated, this text is accompanied by the
earlier and less-known commentary by Hogarth's friend, the
French-Swiss enameller Jean-Andre Rouquet, and by a selection of
Lichtenberg's remarks (in letters to friends) on his purposes and
problems in interpreting Hogarth's work. Included also is another
and very rare 'explanation' of the plates, an anonymous 1746
pamphlet titled Marriage A-la-Mode-An Humorous Tale, in Six Cantos.
A foreword on Lichtenberg, and an historical essay on Hogarth's
work by Mr. Coley, supply necessary background on artist and
commentary. Of Hogarth's greatness there is little that need be
said. But it is worth noting that, of his several 'progresses' or
'modern moral subjects', only Marriage a la Mode centres on the
upper levels of British society - the aristocracy and the
mercantile class.
"Der Witz ist der Finder und der Verstand der Beobachter" (S. 113).
So pointierte Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Professor der reinen und
angewandten Mathematik in Gottingen (seit 1770), Astronom, dann
Professor der Physik mit einem beriihm- ten Kolleg in
Experimentalphysik, Entdecker der Lichtenbergschen Entladungsfi-
guren (1778), Gutachter in Blitzableiter- und Maschinenfragen,
popuHirwissen- schaftlicher Schriftsteller, scharfsinniger Spotter
und Kritiker, verborgener Dichter zwischen Aufklarung, Sturm und
Drang und beginnendem romantischen Idealis- mus. Er verstand Witz
viel umfassender als heute: als Verschmelzung weitgetrenn- ter
Bereiche zu einer originellen Einheit, im
naturwissenschaftlich/technischen Bereich etwa Salpeter und
Schwefel zu SchieBpulver (S. 189) oder - schon von der
Naturwissenschaft weg: Hoftitel und Blitzableiter zu "Koniglicher
Hofblitzableiter - ein Titel" (S. 68). Das ist einer seiner vielen
Aphorismen, zu seinen Lebzeiten unbekannt, aber entscheidend fUr
seinen Nachruhm als groBer Dichter deutscher Sprache. Er selbst
nannte diese Aphorismen "weggeworfene" Bemerkungen,
"Pfennigwahrheiten" - nur ein einziges Mal verwendet er selbst den
Ausdruck Aphorismus. Er schmierte diese Bemerkungen in seine
"Sudelbiicher" wie die englischen Kaufleute ihre kurzen privaten
Notizen: "Die Kaufleute haben ihr Wastebook (Sudelbuch, Klitterbuch
glaube ich im Deut- schen), darin tragen sie von Tag zu Tag alles
ein was sie verkaufen und kaufen, alles durch einander ohne
Ordnung, aus dies em wird es in das Journal getragen, wo alles mehr
systematisch steht, und endlich kommt es in den Leidger at double
entrance nach der italianischen Art buchzuhalten. In dies em wird
mit jedem Mann besonders abgerechnet und zwar erst als Debitor und
dann als Creditor gegeniiber.
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++++ Vermischte Schriften ...; Volume 5 Of Vermischte Schriften;
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Georg Christoph Lichtenberg C. Kaulfuss
u. C. Armbruster, 1817
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:
++++ Vermischte Schriften ...; Volume 3 Of Vermischte Schriften;
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Georg Christoph Lichtenberg C. Kaulfuss
u. C. Armbruster, 1817
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:
++++ Vermischte Schriften ...; Volume 4 Of Vermischte Schriften;
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Georg Christoph Lichtenberg C. Kaulfuss
u. C. Armbruster, 1817 Literary Criticism; European; German;
Literary Criticism / European / German
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