Barbara Hunfeld

• In this article, the readability of the world that Jean Paul’s literature tries to produce and the readability of Jean Paul’s literature that the traditional edition wanted to ensure are intertwined with, firstly, the interwovenness of the primary work and parerga and, secondly, with the issue of the edition of his manuscripts. Jean Paul’s autonomy aesthetics replaces the depiction of reality with the world as text; this is mirrored in his handwritings, the edition of which allows for insights into the mycelium of an ‘alternate’ classicalIn this article, the readability of the world that Jean Paul’s literature tries to produce and the readability of Jean Paul’s literature that the traditional edition wanted to ensure are intertwined with, firstly, the interwovenness of the primary work and parerga and, secondly, with the issue of the edition of his manuscripts. Jean Paul’s autonomy aesthetics replaces the depiction of reality with the world as text; this is mirrored in his handwritings, the edition of which allows for insights into the mycelium of an ‘alternate’ classical literature.…