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Schlegel

 

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Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel : History of Literature

Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 28 January 1821 entry: 'Past Midnight. One o' the clock. I have been reading W[ilhelm]. F[riedrich]. S[chlegel] ... till now, and I can make out nothing ... [two paragraphs later] Continuing to read Mr. F[rederick] S[chlegel]. He is not such a fool as I took him for ...'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: George Gordon Lord Byron      Print: Book

  

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel : History of Literature

Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 29 January 1821 entry: 'Read S[chlegel].'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: George Gordon Lord Byron      Print: Book

  

Schlegel : work on drama

The Hon.J. W. Ward to Mary Berry, 11 May 1814: 'I have bought Mr Schlegel's book about the drama, which they have translated and printed here [Paris], but I have not had time to read much of it [goes on to remark upon difficulty of comprehending current German thought].'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: The Hon. J. W. Ward      Print: Book

  

August Wilhelm Schlegel : Gedichte

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge      Print: Book

  

August Wilhelm Schlegel : Ueber dramatische Kunst und Litteratur

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge      Print: Book

  

August W. von Schlegel : Uber dramatische Kunst und Literatur

'Shelley reads Schlegel aloud [to] us - We sleep at Rheims.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley      Print: Book

  

August W. von Schlegel : Uber dramatische Kunst und Literatur

'Shelley reads Schlegel aloud and we travel on in a pleasant country among nice people - We sleep at Dijon'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley      Print: Book

  

Schlegel : Criticism

'Friday March 19th. [...] Walk in the Gardens of the Villa Borghese -- Read the second Volume of [...] Schlegel's [Criticism]'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Claire Clairmont      Print: Book

  

Schlegel : 

'Saturday March 27th [...] Read Schlegel Criticism'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Claire Clairmont      Print: Book

  

Schlegel : Criticism

'Tuesday March 30th. [...] Finish Schlegel's Critiscism [sic].'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Claire Clairmont      Print: Book

  

[probably] August Wilhelm von Schlegel : [probably] A Course of Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature

'Friday Jany 28th. Rainy -- Read Irish Pamphlet & Travels before the Flood -- Also two chapters in Schlegel's Dramactic [sic] Criticism'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Claire Clairmont      Print: Book

  

August Wilhelm von Schlegel : Uber dramatische Kunst und Literatur (extracts)

Elizabeth Barrett to Lady Margaret Cocks, 31 December 1832: 'I have had my hands & head full of a book called the Greek Theatre, composed in part of extracts, & edited by a Cambridge Student [...] In the body of the work, are extracts from Schlegel: so full of poetical & classical enthusiasm, that I should like to know something of the [italics]German[end italics] Schlegel!'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett      Print: Book

  

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von Schlegel : [probably] Geschichte der alten und neuen Literatur

'I was glad to have the enjoyment of reading Schlegel's History of Literature. It is a fine work, built on a sure foundation; and though I do not always agree with his taste, his feelings and his principles are exactly what I believe it is right to square one's own by'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Charlotte Bury      Print: Book

  

August Wilhelm von Schlegel : [Essays]

'Mr Schlegel's Essays are most certainly worth reading, altho' you will not entirely agree with him in many of his opinions'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Anne Romilly      Print: Book

 

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