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Schlegel, Friedrich von (1772–1829)


FREDERICK BEISER

Bibliography

  1. List of works
  2. References and further reading

List of works

Schlegel, F. von (1958–) Kritische Friedrich Schlegel Ausgabe (Critical Friedrich Schlegel Edition), ed. E. Behler, J.J. Anstett and H. Eichner, Paderborn: Schöningh. (The standard edition of Schlegel’s works.)

Schlegel, F. von (1797) Über das Studium der Griechischen Poesie (On the Study of Greek Poetry), Berlin: Unger. (The chief work of Schlegel’s early classical phase.)

Schlegel, F. von (1798–1800) Athenäum. Eine Zeitschrift von August Wilhelm und Friedrich Schlegel (Athenaeum: A Journal by August Wilhelm and Friedrich Schlegel), Berlin: Vieweg, 3 vols. (The main journal of the Romantic movement.)

Schlegel, F. von (1799) Lucinde, Berlin: Fröhlich. (Schlegel’s first and only novel.)

Schlegel, F. von (1800a) Gespräch über Poesie (Conversation on Poetry), in Athenäum, vol. 3, 169–87. (Schlegel’s reflections on the nature of art and the aims of the Romantic artist.)

Schlegel, F. von (1800b) Vorlesungen über die Transzendentalphilosophie (Lectures on Transcendental Philosophy), in Neue philosophische Schriften, ed. J. Körner, Frankfurt: Schulte Verlag, 1935. (Written as lectures in 1800, these were published only in 1935, and are the main source for Schlegel’s early philosophy.)

Schlegel, F. von (1808) Über Sprache und Weisheit der Indier (On the Language and Wisdom of India), Heidelberg: Mohr. (Schlegel’s pioneering work on Indian philosophy.)

Schlegel, F. von (1820) Signatur des Zeitalters (Sign of the Age), in Concordia, Vienna: J.B. Wallishausser, vols 1–4: 3–70, 164–90, 343–98.

Schlegel, F. von (1828) Philosophie des Lebens (Philosophy of Life), Vienna: Schaumberg. (The main exposition of Schlegel’s mature philosophy.)

Schlegel, F. von (1829) Philosophie der Geschichte (Philosophy of History), Vienna: Schaumberg. (The main work for Schlegel’s mature philosophy of history.)

Schlegel, F. von (1968) Dialogue on Poetry and Literary Aphorisms, trans. and ed. E. Behler, University Park, PA: Penn State Press.

Schlegel, F. von (1957) Literary Notebooks 1797–1801, ed. H. Eichner, Toronto, Ont.: Toronto University Press.

Schlegel, F. von (1971) Lucinde and the Fragments, trans. P. Firchow, Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. (Translations of Schlegel (1798–1800) and (1799).)

Schlegel, F. von (1996) Early Political Writings of the German Romantics, trans. and ed. F. Beiser, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Contains ‘Essay on the Concept of Republicanism’ (1796), Athenäums Fragments and parts of Lectures on Transcendental Philosophy.)

References and further reading

Ayrault, R. (1961) La Genèse du romantisme allemand (The Genesis of German Romanticism), Paris: Aubier. (The most thorough account of the early years of German Romanticism; vol. 4, 279–311 is devoted to Schlegel’s Romantic aesthetic.)

Eichner, H. (1970) Friedrich Schlegel, Twayne World Author Series 98, New York: Twayne. (A useful introduction to all aspects of Schlegel’s thought.)

Haym, R. (1890) Die romantische Schule (The Romantic School), Berlin: Gaertner. (The classic account of the young Schlegel and the origins of the Romantic school.)

Silz, W. (1929) Early German Romanticism, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. (A useful introductory survey.)

Walzel, O. (1932) German Romanticism, New York: Putnam. (A useful and careful survey of early Schlegel and the Romantic movement.)

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