Critic, poet and essayist Friedrich von Schlegel (1772 1829) was a leading figure of German Romanticism. Believed to be autobiographical, his unfinished novel Lucinde caused a scandal in 1799 because of its portrayal of a sexual liaison. After exploring the development of philosophy, Schlegel increasingly turned his attention to the study of Sanskrit and Hindu religious writings. This work on the connections between Sanskrit and Indo-European languages, first published in German in 1808, is regarded as an important early contribution to comparative grammar it was Schlegel himself who...

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...

Friedrich Schlegel (1772-1829) gilt als der bedeutendste Theoretiker der Fruhromantik. An die Stelle des Primats der Vernunft setzt er die freischwebende Phantasie, an die Stelle der Annahme des reinen, selbstbewussten Seins die des werdenden, unbewussten Universums. Die Transcendentalphilosophie (1800-1801) bietet den einzigen Versuch Schlegels, seine philosophische Position quasi systematisch darzustellen, und gilt zugleich als die Schlusselschrift zum Selbstbild der deutschen Romantik. Unveranderter Print-on-Demand-Nachdruck der Ausgabe von 1991."