His translations of Shakespeare turned the English dramatist's works into German classics. In 1791 he took a post as a private tutor in Amsterdam, but he moved to Jena in 1796 to write for Friedrich Schiller’s short-lived periodical Die Horen. Read Wikipedia in Modernized UI. A selection of the writings of both August Wilhelm and Friedrich Schlegel, edited by Oskar Walzel, will be found in Kürschner's Deutsche Nationalliteratur, 143 (1892). Schlegel's brother Friedrich's wife was an aunt of Mendelssohn.[11]. August Wilhelm von Schlegel (8. září 1767 Hannover – 12. května 1845 Bonn) byl německý literární historik, překladatel z angličtiny a španělštiny, spisovatel, indolog a filozof. Login with Gmail. An anthology of some of A.W. Különösen figyelemreméltó Rudolf Haym , Romantische Schule című írása, valamint Franz Muncker cikke az Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie -ban. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Schlegel's Berlin lectures of 1801/1804 reprinted from manuscript notes by, This article incorporates text from a publication now in the, Paulin, R. The Life of August Wilhelm Schlegel, Cosmopolitan of Art and Poetry, Cambridge: Open Book Publishers (2016). As a critic of poetry he has been described as more empirical and systematic and less speculative than his brother Friedrich. According to Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, As an 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 duty is not to judge from the standpoint of superiority, but to understand and to "characterize" a work of art.[4]. His collected works were edited by E. Böcking and published in 12 volumes in 1846–47; his letters were edited by J. Körner and published in 1930. Corrections? These lectures were translated into many languages and helped spread fundamental Romantic ideas throughout Europe. In 1790 his brother Friedrich came to Göttingen. [4][3], Early in 1804, he made the acquaintance of Madame de Staël in Berlin, who hired him as a tutor for her children. Updates? Birthplace: Hannover, Hanover, Germany Location of death: Bonn, Germany Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried. His play Ion, performed in Weimar in January 1802, was supported by Goethe, but became a failure. Schlegel was also the professor of Sanskrit in Continental Europe and produced a translation of the Bhagavad Gita. [5], In 1796, soon after his return to Germany, Schlegel settled in Jena, following an invitation from Schiller. Schlegel was a son of a Protestant pastor and a nephew of the author Johann Elias Schlegel. Thereafter, Schlegel—with his brother Friedrich Schlegel—started the periodical Athenäum (1798–1800), which became the organ of German Romanticism, numbering Friedrich Schleiermacher and Novalis among its contributors. These lectures were later published as Vorlesungen über schöne Literatur und Kunst (1884; “Lectures on Fine Art and Literature”). Hänen opintojaan ja kirjailijantyötään tukivat runoilija Gottfried August Bürger ja esteetikko Friedrich Ludewig Bouterweck. SCHLEGEL, AUGUST WILHELM VON. Schlegel was quarrelsome, jealous, and ungenerous in his relations with literary men, and did not even shrink from slander when his spleen was excited. Like Coleridge, Schlegel emphasized Shakespeare’s inwardness, what Coleridge called his “implicit wisdom deeper even than our…. In his lectures, he comprehensively surveyed the history of European literature and thought, casting scorn on Greco-Roman classicism and the Enlightenment and instead exalting the timeless spirituality of the Middle Ages. Über dramatisch Kunst und Literatur. [6] That year he married Caroline, the widow of the physician Böhmer. August Wilhelm von Schlegel (8. syyskuuta 1767 Hannover – 12. toukokuuta 1845 Bonn) oli saksalainen kirjailija, kriitikko ja kirjallisuudentutkija.Hän aloitti teologianopinnot mutta siirtyi Christian Gottlob Heynen vaikutuksesta filologiaan.