Selected Works
- Die Landplagen ("The Torments of the Land"). Verse epic, 1769
- Der Hofmeister, oder Vorteile der Privaterziehung ("The Tutor, or, The Advantages of Private Education"). Drama, 1774
- Der neue Menoza ("The New Menoza"). Drama, 1774
- Anmerkungen übers Theater ("Observations on the Theatre"). Essay, 1774
- Meinungen eines Laien, den Geistlichen zugeeignet ("Opinions of a Layman, dedicated to the Clergy"). Essay, 1775
- Pandaemonium Germanicum. Drama, written in 1775, published posthumously 1819
- Die Soldaten ("The Soldiers"). Drama, 1776 (basis of the opera of the same name by Bernd Alois Zimmermann and a source of Büchner's drama Woyzeck)
- Die Freunde machen den Philosophen ("Friends Make the Philosopher"). Drama, 1776
- Zerbin. Novella, 1776
- Der Waldbruder ("The Friar of the Forest"). Unfinished novel, published posthumously in 1882
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