English translation of this work under the title On Improving the Status of Women. Hippel was once called the fore-runner of Jean Paul, and had some resemblance to this author, in his constant digressions and in the interweaving of scientific matter in his narrative. Like Richter he was strongly influenced by Laurence Sterne. He never married. In 1827–38 a collected edition of Hippel's works in 14 volumes was issued at Berlin. Über die Ehe was edited by Emil Brenning (Leipzig, 1872) and Gustav Moldenhauer (Leipzig, n.d. [c. 1905]), and the Lebenslaufe nach aufsteigender Linie, in a modernized edition by Alexander von Oettingen (1878), went through several editions. See J Czerny, Sterne, Hippel and Jean Paul (Berlin, 1904). References Further reading Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel: On Marriage. Ed. and trans. by Timothy F. Sellner (Detroit: Wayne State Univ. Pr., 1994). Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel: The Status of Women. Collected Writings. Ed. and trans. by Timothy F. Sellner (Xlibris, 2009); this supersedes his earlier version of On Improving the Status of Women. 1741 births 1796 deaths Age of Enlightenment People from East Prussia German male writers