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August Wilhelm (after 1812: von) Schlegel (German: [ˈʃleːgl̩]; 8 September 1767 – 12 May 1845), usually cited as August Schlegel, was a German Indologist, poet, translator and critic, and with his brother Friedrich Schlegel the leading influence within Jena Romanticism.
May 9, 2024 · August Wilhelm von Schlegel was a German scholar and critic, one of the most influential disseminators of the ideas of the German Romantic movement, and the finest German translator of William Shakespeare.
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August Wilhelm Schlegel gilt als der wichtigste Sprachphilosoph der deutschen Frühromantik sowie als Mitbegründer der altindischen Philologie. Er war Mitarbeiter an Schillers Horen, dem Musenalmanach und der Jenaer Allgemeinen Literatur-Zeitung.
Jan 14, 2010 · August W. Schlegel (Sept. 5, 1767, Hanover – May 12, 1845, Bonn) was a German essayist, critic, translator, philosopher, and poet.
Summary. "This is the first full-scale biography, in any language, of a towering figure in German and European Romanticism: August Wilhelm Schlegel whose life, 1767 to 1845, coincided with its inexorable rise.
The Life of August Wilhelm Schlegel. Cosmopolitan of Art and Poetry. Roger Paulin. This is the first full-scale biography, in any language, of a towering figure in German and European Romanticism: August Wilhelm Schlegel whose life, 1767 to 1845, coincided with its inexorable rise.
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Schlegel, along with Marc-Antoine (Abbé) Laugier (1713-1769) in France and William Gilpin in England, were the first to reevaluate Gothic art, elevating it to a positive conception (Grodecki). A polymath, he is also credited as the founder of Sanskrit studies in Germany.
