The New International Encyclopædia/Engel, Johann Jakob

ENGEL, Johann Jakob (1741-1802). A German writer, born at Parchim. He was educated in Rostock, Bützow, and Leipzig, and held various posts, including the directorship of the Berlin Theatre (1787-94). He wrote much on the theory of art and æsthetics, including the Philosoph für die Welt (2 vols., 1775-77) and Anfangsgründe einer Theorie der Dichtungsarten (2d ed. 1804). His Herr Lorenz Stark, a work of fiction first published in Schiller's Horen (1801), was distinguished by humor and effective dialogues. His Sämtliche Schriften were published at Frankfort in 1857.