Königs Erläuterungen und Materialien - 16: Emilia Galotti

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Excerpt from Emilia Galotti: Ein Trauerspiel in Funf Aufzugen Lachmann's text of Emilia Galotti is based on the last reprint of the drama published during the lifetime of the poet. This reprint is usually designated as 1772 d, as it was preceded by three others in the same year. There exists, however, a manuscript in the poet's own handwriting (now in the possession of the Royal Library at Berlin), which in four instances o ers a better text than the reprint, and which the editor has followed in the present edition. These cases are: (1) The ms. Reads non etwab anherm, while the reprint has non' etmae anbem (cf. P. 12, 1. (2) the ms. Has tie jungen Beute, the reprint hie innge Route (of. P. 23, l. According to strict rule the adjective in the first case after etmab should be in ected according to the strong declension, in the latter case after the definite article according to the weak declension. (3) While the ms. Contains the form netbirbt, the reprint has oerberbt (of. P. 26, l. 11) for which verbitbt is now commonly used. (4) The ms. Reads ibn mifien Iafien, the reprint has ibm, which is obsolete (of. P. 40, 1. Other variant readings of the ms., at least the principal ones, are mentioned in the notes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."