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SOURCE: "Lessing and Amory," in German Life and Letters, Vol. 20, 1966-67, pp. 298-306.
In the following excerpt, Jones presents an overview of The Life of John Buncle, Esq., in the context of a larger discussion of German dramatist Gotthold Lessing's interest in Amory's theological thought.
Lessing's interest in Thomas Amory's novel, The Life of John Buncle, Esq. (1756, 1766), can be traced back to his early months in Wolfenbuttel. In a letter to his brother Karl, dated November 11th, 1770, he writes that it was Mendelssohn who first drew his attention to this work:
Vor alien Dingen bitte ich Dich, Herrn Moses zu ersuchen, dass er mir die zwei versprochenen Bicher schickt. Wenn er nicht Zeit hat, so lass Dir sie nur von ihm geben, und sende sie mir mit der ersten fahrenden Post. Es ist John Bunckel [sic], oder wie er sich schreibt, und Ferguson. Auf den ersten hat er...
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