Schlegel, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von
Schlegel, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von
German poet, critic and scholar Born on 10 March 1772 in Hanover, Germany; died on 11 January 1829 at Dresden, Germany. Educated at the University of Gottingen, he became a Catholic in 1808. Appointed secretary in the chancellery at Vienna where he vigorously opposed Napoleon and delivered his famous lectures on modern history. His importance lies in his work as a literary critic, and as founder with his brother, August Wilhelm , of the Romantic school. He was the author of History of Ancient and Modern Literature, Philosophy of History, Lectures on Modern History, and AEsthetic and Miscellaneous Works.
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Schlegel, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von
a German author, was born in Hanover, March 10, 1772. He studied at Gttingen and Leipsic. In 1808 he, together with his wife, embraced the Roman Catholic religion, and went to Vienna, where he was appointed imperial secretary at the headquarters of the archduke Charles. He accompanied the duke to the battlefield, issuing patriotic proclamations against Napoleon. He was afterwards secretary of the Austrian embassy till 1818. The rest of his life he spent in lecturing in Vienna and Dresden. He was especially remarkable as a critic and thinker of great originality, and his principal works are, Griechen und Rmer (1797): Geschichte der Poesie der Griechez und Rmer (1798): Ueber die Sprache und Weisheit der Inder (1808): Vorlesungen ber die neuere Geschichte (1811): Philosophie des Lebens (1828): Philosophie der Geschichte (1829, 2 vols.): and Philosophie der Sprache (1830).