AUGUST WILHELM VON SCHLEGEL
\ˈɔːɡəst wˈɪlhɛlm vˈɒn ʃlˈɛd͡ʒə͡l], \ˈɔːɡəst wˈɪlhɛlm vˈɒn ʃlˈɛdʒəl], \ˈɔː_ɡ_ə_s_t w_ˈɪ_l_h_ɛ_l_m v_ˈɒ_n ʃ_l_ˈɛ_dʒ_əl]\
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A celebrated German Orientalist, critic, and poet, son of J. A.; born at Hanover, Sept. 8, 1767; died May 12, 1845, at Bonn, where he was professor of literature in the university. His most notable works in literary and art criticism are: "Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature" (3 vols., 1809-11), translated into nearly all the languages of Western Europe; "On the Theory and History of the Plastic Arts" (1827). In the field of Orientalism he wrote "Reflections on the Study of the Asiatic Languages" (1832), and prepared editions of several Indian classics. He translated many of the plays of Shakespeare, and made the English dramatist a German classic; his translations of Dante, Calderon, Camoens, and other foreign masters of literature are admirable; his original poems show consummate art and grace of form. He is at his best in his sonnets, and in the elegy "Rome" (1812).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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