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The work created by Hans Heinrich Freiherr von Ecker und Eckhoffen is an apology of Free- masonry – which made quite a contribution to the propagation of the Enlightenment – and the philosophy it advocated. The German aristocrat and Freemason introduces a noble, yet imprisoned Freemason, whose attitude and statements undermine any accusation levelled against the representatives of the royal art. He also speaks with regard to the internal conflict between them and, drawing on Marmontel’s “Les Incas” – which were very popular at the time – makes his piece a manifesto of the Enlightenment idea of tolerance.
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This paper discusses the drama entitled “Le franc-maçon prisonnier”, whose French-language version written by Hans Heinrich Freiherr von Ecker und Eckhoffen was published in 1777, (the longer German version, i.e. Der Freymaurer im Gefängnis, signed Hans Karl Freiherr von Ecker und Eckhoffen followed a year later), in the context of the Enlightenment concept of tolerance, and the Freemasonic and literary activity of the brothers (co-authors, or the author and the translator of the work). The issues relating to the piece and the literary work of the von Ecker und Eckhoffens has not been previously addressed in any publications in Polish.
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This paper focuses on August von Kotzebue’s play “Der Freimaurer” [The Freemason], as a piece within the prolific genre of comedies about freemasons which emerged in the 1740s, and a work which includes numerous worldview-related allusions. In this context, the author extensively discusses the life and the oeuvre of the playwright who thus far has not been devoted any thorough study in Polish, apart from relatively brief mentions in works on the period and writers he had inspired.
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The paper is concerned with the life and work of Pierre Clément, a Geneva-born journalist, dramatist and poet, who was one of the first to make a freemason a protagonist in a play. Issues re- lating to that author have not been discussed in Polish so far, even though Clément was a significant figure in French playwriting as the precursor of Masonic themes
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