The Aesthetic and Miscellaneous Works of Frederick von Schlegel:

Critic, poet and essayist Friedrich von Schlegel (1772–1829) was a leading figure of German Romanticism. This 1849 collection of his shorter works in English translation contains his key insights into literary criticism and art theory. While his early writings had championed classical forms and reje...

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Main Author: Schlegel, Friedrich von 1772-1829 (Author)
Other Authors: Millington, E. J. (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1849
Series:Cambridge library collection. Literary studies
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Summary:Critic, poet and essayist Friedrich von Schlegel (1772–1829) was a leading figure of German Romanticism. This 1849 collection of his shorter works in English translation contains his key insights into literary criticism and art theory. While his early writings had championed classical forms and rejected modern styles, he went on to develop distinctly Romantic aesthetics and ethics. His 1794 treatise 'On the Limits of the Beautiful' demonstrates this philosophical transition in its effort to harmonise the elements of beauty: 'the richness of nature, the purity of love, and the symmetry of art'. Schlegel's other writings here apply his developing Romantic aesthetic to Christian art, Gothic architecture, and medieval poetry. The collection also includes the English translation of his seminal work on comparative grammar, Ueber die Sprache und Weisheit der Indier (1808), which is also reissued in this series in the original German
Item Description:Includes index
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiv, 533 pages)
ISBN:9781107049451
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781107049451

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