See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

AUGUST WILHELM VON See also:

• AUGUST WILHELM VON SCHLEGEL (1767-1845)
• SCHLEGEL, JOHANN ELIAS (1719-1749)
• SCHLEGEL, KARL WILHELM FRIEDRICH VON (1772-1829)

SCHLEGEL (1767-1845)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German poet, translator and critic, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 8th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September, 1767, at See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover, where his See also:

• FATHER

father, Johann Adolf See also:

• SCHLEGEL, AUGUST WILHELM VON (1767-1845)
• SCHLEGEL, JOHANN ELIAS (1719-1749)
• SCHLEGEL, KARL WILHELM FRIEDRICH VON (1772-1829)

Schlegel (1721-1793), was a Lutheran pastor . He was educated at the Hanover gymnasium and at the university of See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen . Having spent some years as a See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor in the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of a banker at See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam, he went to See also:

• JENA

Jena, where, in 1796, he married Karoline, the widow of the physician See also:

• BOHMER, JOHANN FRIEDRICH (1795–1863)

Bohmer (see SCIIELLING, KAROLINE) and in 1798 was appointed extraordinary See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor . Here he began his See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare, which was ultimately completed, under the superintendence of See also:

• LUDWIG, KARL FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1816—1895)
• LUDWIG, OTTO (1813-1865)

Ludwig See also:

• TIECK, JOHANN LUDWIG

Tieck, by Tieck's daughter Dorothea and See also:

• GRAF, ARTURO (1848– )
• GRAF, KARL HEINRICH (1815–1869)

Graf W . H . Baudissin . This rendering is one of the best poetical See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations in German, or indeed in any See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language . At Jena Schlegel contributed to See also:

• SCHILLER, JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON (1759-18o5)

Schiller's See also:

• PERIODICALS

periodicals the Horen and the Musenalmanach; and with his See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

Friedrich he conducted the See also:

• ATHENAEUM

Athenaeum, the See also:

• ORGAN

organ of the Romantic school, He also published a See also:

• VOLUME

volume of poems, and carried on a rather See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter controversy with See also:

• KOTZEBUE, AUGUST FRIEDRICH FERDINAND VON (1761–1819)
• KOTZEBUE, OTTO VON (1787–1846)

Kotzebue . At this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the two See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers were remarkable for the vigour and freshness of their ideas, and commanded respect as the leaders of the new Romantic See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism . A volume of their See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint essays appeared in 18oi under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Charakteristiken and Kritiken . In 1802 Schlegel went to See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, where he delivered lectures on See also:

• ART

art and literature; and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year he published See also:

• ION

Ion, a tragedy in Euripidean See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, which gave rise to a suggestive discussion on the principles of dramatic See also:

• POETRY

poetry . This was followed by Spanisches Theater (2 vols., 1803-1809), in which he presented admirable translations of five of See also:

• CALDERON, RODRIGO (d. 1621), COUNT OF OLIVA AND MARQUES DE LAS SIETE IGLESIAS

Calderon's plays; and in another volume, Blumenstraiisse italienischer, spanischer and portuguesischer Poesie (1804), he gave translations of See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish, Portuguese and See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian lyrics .

In 1807 he attracted much See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France by an See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay in the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French language, Comparaison entre la Phedre de See also:

• RACINE
• RACINE, JEAN (1639-1699)
• RACINE, LOUIS (1692-1763)

Racine et See also:

• CELLE

celle d'Euripide, in which he attacked French classicism from the standpoint of the Romantic school . His lectures on dramatic art and literature (Uber dramatische Kunst and Literatur, 1809-1811), which have been translated into most See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, were delivered at See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna in ,8o8 . Meanwhile, after a See also:

• DIVORCE

divorce from his wife Karoline, in 1804, he travelled in France, See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy and other countries with Madame de See also:

• STAEL, MADAME DE

Stael, who owed to him many of the ideas which she embodied in her See also:

• WORK

work, De l'Allemagne . In 1813 he acted as secretary of the See also:

• CROWN

crown See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden, through whose See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence the right of his See also:

• FAMILY

family to See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank was revived . Schlegel was made a professor of literature at the university of See also:

• BONN

Bonn in 1818, and during the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of his See also:

• LIFE

life occupied himself chiefly with See also:

• ORIENTAL

oriental studies, although he continued to lecture on art and literature, and in 1828 he issued two volumes of See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical writings (Kritische Schriften) . In 1823-183o he published the See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

journal Indische Bibliothek (3 vols.) and edited (1823) the Bhagavad-Gita with a Latin translation, and (1829) the Ramdyana . These See also:

• WORKS

works See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark the beginning of See also:

• SANSKRIT

Sanskrit scholarship in Germany . After the See also:

• DEATH

death of Madame de Stael Schlegel married (1818) a daughter of Professor See also:

• PAULUS
• PAULUS (older form PAur.Lus), LUCIUS AEMILIUS
• PAULUS, HEINRICH

Paulus of See also:

• HEIDELBERG

Heidelberg; but this See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union was dissolved in 182r . He died at Bonn on the 12th of May 1845 . As an See also:

• ORIGINAL

original poet Schlegel is unimportant, but as a poetical translator he has rarely been excelled, and in criticism he put into practice the Romantic principle that a critic's first See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty is not to See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge from the stand-point of superiority, but to understand and to " characterize " a work of art . In 1846-1847 Schlegel's Samtliche Werke were issued in twelve volumes by E . Bocking .

There are also See also:

• EDITIONS

editions by the same editor of his 1Euvres ecrites en See also:

• FRANCAIS, ANTOINE, COUNT (1756-1836)

francais (3 vols., 1846), and of his Opuscula Latine scripta (1848) . Schlegel's Shakespeare translations have been often reprinted; the edition of 1871-1872 was revised with Schlegel's See also:

• MSS

MSS. by M . See also:

• BERNAYS, JAKOB (1824-1881)

Bernays . See M . Bernays, Zur Entstehungsgeschichte See also:

• DES

des Schlegelschen Shakespeare (1872); R . Genee, Schlegel and Shakespeare (1903) . Schlegel's Berlin lectures of 18o1-1804 were reprinted from MS. notes by J . See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor (1884) . A selection of the writings of both A . W. and Friedrich Schlegel, edited by O . F . Walzel, will be found in Kiirschner's Deutsche Nationalliteratur, 143 (1892) .

See especially R . See also:

• HAYM, RUDOLF (1821-1901)

Haym, Romantische Schule, and the See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article in the Allg. deutsche Biographie by F . Muncker .