Friedrich Schlegel and Goethe, 1790–1802: A Study in Early German Romanticism

John William Scholl

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Friedrich Schlegel and Goethe, 1790–1802: A Study in Early German Romanticism

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John William Scholl

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Friedrich Schlegel, youngest son of Johann Adolf Schlegel, was born at Hannover on March 10, 1772, just three months after Goethe had finished the first version of his first great work, Götz von Berlichingen. His literary career begins in 1794 with the publication of Von den Schulen der Griechischen Poesie. At this time he is as old as Goethe was when writing the Götz.

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Information: PMLA , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , 1906 , pp. 40 - 192

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^{page 40 note 1} G Wke. v. Venetian Epigrams, No. 35.

^{page 41 note 1} RDBr., Bd. i, p. 36.

^{page 41 note 2} WSBr.

^{page 43 note 1} BXen., Bd. ii, p. 285 ff.

^{page 43 note 2} GZBr., Bd. vi, pp. 315 f. and 318 ff.; Goethe an Zelter, October 26, 1831.

^{page 44 note 1} BGG., Bd. v, p. 290, No. 1038.

^{page 44 note 2} Ibid., Bd. viii, p. 357, No. 1531.

^{page 44 note 3} Ibid., Bd. iii, p. 14, May 9, 1811.

^{page 45 note 1} Ibid., Bd. ii, p. 144; Bericht von Frl. Schopenhauer.

^{page 45 note 2} Ibid., Bd. ii, p. 202 ff., No. 357, April 18, 1808.

^{page 45 note 3} Ibid., Bd. ii, p. 208, No. 357b.

^{page 45 note 4} FSWke., Bd. viii, p. 117 ff.

^{page 46 note 1} BGG., Bd. ii, p. 209.

^{page 46 note 2} BGG., Bd. ii, p. 201, No. 356.

^{page 46 note 3} RDBr., Bd. i, pp. 143 and 155 f.

^{page 46 note 4} Ibid., p. 428.

^{page 46 note 5} Ibid., Bd. ii, p. 355 ff.

^{page 47 note 1} Ibid., Bd. i, p. 262; Aus Dorothea's Tagebuch, Nos. 38, 39.

^{page 47 note 2} Ibid., p. 166.

^{page 47 note 3} HRS., p. 337.

^{page 48 note 1} AWSWIce., Bd. viii, p. 292; Brief an Windischmann, December 29, 1834.

^{page 48 note 2} GGE., May 12, 1825.

^{page 49 note 1} Goethe und Kant, Karl Vorländer, G.-Jahrb., six, pp. 180 ff.

^{page 49 note 2} Goethe's Nachlass, Bd. x, p. 54.

^{page 49 note 3} FSWke., Bd. vi, pp. iv ff.

^{page 50 note 1} WSBr., p. 158.

^{page 50 note 2} Ibid., p. 165.

^{page 51 note 1} Ibid., pp. 148–9.

^{page 52 note 1} Ibid., p. 3.

^{page 52 note 2} Ibid., pp. 1 and 4.

^{page 53 note 1} HRS., Ergänzungen und Berichtigungen, No. 3, pp. 873 ff. The whole passage should be carefully considered in connection with this subject. Cf. letters in WSBr.

^{page 53 note 2} WGed., pp. 24, 26, 29, etc.

^{page 53 note 3} GuR., Bd. i, p. xvi.

^{page 54 note 1} WSBr., p. 13.

^{page 54 note 2} Ibid., pp. 36 and 125.

^{page 55 note 1} Ibid., p. 36.

^{page 55 note 2} Ibid., p. 39.

^{page 55 note 3} Ibid., p. 43.

^{page 55 note 4} Ibid., p. 59.

^{page 56 note 1} Ibid., p. 88.

^{page 56 note 2} Ibid., pp. 87 f.

^{page 56 note 3} Ibid., p. 91.

^{page 56 note 4} Ibid., pp. 118 f.

^{page 57 note 1} Ibid., p. 125.

^{page 57 note 2} Ibid., p. 139.

^{page 57 note 3} Ibid., pp. 150 f.

^{page 57 note 4} Ibid., p. 152.

^{page 58 note 1} Ibid., pp. 154 ff.

^{page 58 note 2} Ibid., p. 170.

^{page 60 note 1} Ibid., p. 14.

^{page 60 note 2} Ibid., p. 16.

^{page 61 note 1} Ibid., p. 18.

^{page 61 note 2} Ibid., p. 19.

^{page 61 note 3} Ibid., p. 26.

^{page 61 note 4} Ibid., footnote.

^{page 62 note 1} Ibid., pp. 28 f.

^{page 62 note 2} Ibid., p. 37.

^{page 62 note 3} Ibid., p. 51.

^{page 62 note 4} Ibid., p. 68.

^{page 62 note 5} Ibid., p. 74.

^{page 63 note 1} Ibid., pp. 91 f.

^{page 63 note 2} Ibid., p. 146.

^{page 63 note 3} Ibid., p. 154.

^{page 63 note 4} Ibid.

^{page 63 note 5} Ibid., p. 128.

^{page 64 note 1} Ibid., p. 164.

^{page 64 note 2} Ibid., pp. 174 and 182.

^{page 65 note 1} Ibid., p. 211.

^{page 65 note 2} Ibid.

^{page 65 note 3} Ibid., p. 229.

^{page 66 note 1} Ibid., p. 149.

^{page 67 note 1} Ibid., p. 84.

^{page 67 note 2} Ibid., p. 38.

^{page 67 note 3} Ibid., pp. 9 f.

^{page 68 note 1} Ibid., p. 86.

^{page 68 note 2} Ein deutsches Frauenleben aus der Zeit unsrer Litteraturblüte, R. Haym, Preuss. Jahrb., Bd. 28, pp. 457 ff., November 1871.

^{page 69 note 1} WSBr., p. 98.

^{page 69 note 2} Ibid., p. 114.

^{page 69 note 3} Ibid., p. 159.

^{page 69 note 4} Ibid., p. 119.

^{page 70 note 1} Ibid., p. 159.

^{page 70 note 2} Ibid., p. 171.

^{page 71 note 1} Luc., p. 56.

^{page 72 note 1} This does not exclude the possibility of access to the Frankf. Gel. Anzeiger essays and reviews, and the derivation of earlier Storm and Stress ideas from them and from Von Deutscher Art und Kunst, though we have no direct testimony to such access.

^{page 73 note 1} MS., Bd. ii, p. 82.

^{page 73 note 2} Ibid., p. 378.

^{page 73 note 3} WSBr., p. 1.

^{page 74 note 1} Faustfragment of 1790, ll. 1890–1912.

^{page 74 note 2} Ibid., ll. 1914–5.

^{page 74 note 3} Ibid., ll. 1955–64.

^{page 74 note 4} Ibid., ll. 1734–61.

^{page 74 note 5} Ibid., ll. 148–156.

^{page 74 note 6} Ibid., ll. 94–106.

^{page 75 note 1} Preuss. Jahrb., Bde. 59–60.

^{page 75 note 2} DLS., pp. 96 and 170.

^{page 76 note 1} Faust fragment of 1790, ll. 181–92 and 197–8.

^{page 76 note 2} WSBr., p. 1.

^{page 77 note 1} Ibid., p. 118.

^{page 77 note 2} Ibid., pp. 86 ff.

^{page 79 note 1} Ibid., p. 110.

^{page 80 note 1} Ibid., p. 111. Cf. also MNach., p. 14, et passim.

^{page 80 note 2} Ibid., p. 62.

^{page 81 note 1} Faust fragment of 1790, ll. 1464–1500.

^{page 81 note 2} WSBr., p. 5.

^{page 83 note 1} HRS., p. 187 ff.

^{page 83 note 2} DLS., pp. 96 and 170.

^{page 83 note 3} Alt. Schiller und die Brüder Schlegel.

^{page 83 note 4} WSBr., p. 45.

^{page 84 note 1} Alt, pp. 25 f.

^{page 85 note 1} MS., Bd. ii, p. 4.

^{page 85 note 2} Ibid.

^{page 86 note 1} Ibid., Bd. ii, p. 11 f.

^{page 87 note 1} Ibid., Bd. i, p. 114 ff.

^{page 88 note 1} WSBr., p. 231.

^{page 88 note 2} Ibid., p. 270.

^{page 88 note 3} Ibid., p. 275.

^{page 88 note 4} Ibid., p. 276.

^{page 88 note 5} Ibid., p. 279.

^{page 88 note 6} Ibid., p. 280.

^{page 88 note 7} Ibid., p. 234.

^{page 90 note 1} These all refer to the numbers in SSXen.

^{page 90 note 2} MS., Bd. i, p. 109.

^{page 91 note 1} GSBr., December 30, 1795.

^{page 91 note 2} MS., Bd. ii, p. 6.

^{page 91 note 3} Bern., Bd. ii, pp. 224 ff.

^{page 91 note 4} MS., Bd. ii, p. 6.

^{page 92 note 1} GGE., December 16, 1828.

^{page 93 note 1} BXen., Bd. ii, p. 226.

^{page 94 note 1} MS., Bd. ii, p. 32.

^{page 95 note 1} WSBr., pp. 460 and 509.

^{page 96 note 1} Ibid., p. 284.

^{page 98 note 1} GSBr., November 2, 1796.

^{page 98 note 2} Ibid., December 6, 1796.

^{page 99 note 1} Ibid., May 16, 1797.

^{page 99 note 2} Ibid., May 17, 1797.

^{page 100 note 1} Ibid., March (day uncertain), 1798.

^{page 101 note 1} MS., Bd. ii, p. 82.

^{page 101 note 2} Ibid., p. 47.

^{page 102 note 1} Wilhelm Meister, Bch. v, Kap. 7, GWke., Abt. i, Bd. 22, p. 178 ff.

^{page 102 note 2} A WSWke., Bd. iv, p. 139.

^{page 104 note 1} GSBr., April 28, 1797.

^{page 105 note 1} Ibid., May 5, 1797.

^{page 105 note 2} Ibid., May 16, 1797.

^{page 105 note 3} CuR., p. 216 f.

^{page 106 note 1} V. whole review. AWSWke., Bd. ii, pp. 183 ff.

^{page 106 note 2} GSBr., April 28, 1798.

^{page 113 note 1} MS., Bd. I, p. 37. Cf. Lyceums fragment No. 7. Ibid., Bd. II, p. 184.

^{page 114 note 1} GWke., Abt. iii, Bd. 2, pp. 63 ff. Tagebuch.

^{page 115 note 1} GGE., March 21, 1830.

^{page 115 note 2} Einwirkung der neuern Philosophie, Goethe's Nachlass, Bd. 10, p. 53.

^{page 115 note 3} Cf. Faust fragment of 1790, ll. 415–18.

^{page 116 note 1} DLS., p. 170–6.

^{page 116 note 2} HLH., Bd. ii, pp. 203, 208, 222, 233, etc. The whole discussion of Herder's dependence upon Goethe is in point.

^{page 116 note 3} PAesth., pp. 18 and 28.

^{page 117 note 1} BGG., Bd. i, pp. 230 f.

^{page 117 note 2} HWke., Bd. 4, pp. 143 ff. Über Hermann und Dorothea.

^{page 118 note 1} GSBr., July 7, 1797.

^{page 119 note 1} CuR., p. 217.

^{page 119 note 2} Numbers refer to those of the fragments in MS. Bd. ii, pp. 183 ff.

^{page 122 note 1} All these names were proposed and considered before finally adopting the last.

^{page 123 note 1} WSBr., p. 353.

^{page 123 note 2} Ibid., pp. 361 f., also p. 372. Cf. Preface to Ath., vol. 1.

^{page 123 note 3} Ibid., p. 373.

^{page 123 note 4} CuR., p. 218.

^{page 124 note 1} In MS. those fragments known to be from other authors than Friedrich are printed in smaller type.

^{page 124 note 2} Numerals refer to numbers in MS. Bd. ii, pp. 203 ff.

^{page 124 note 3} Cf. Schiller's Naïve und Sentimentalische Dichtung, paragraphs on the Satire, the Elegy, and the Idyl.

^{page 128 note 1} HRS., Drittes Kapitel, pp. 235 ff.

^{page 129 note 1} V. supra., Lyc. Frag., No. 120.

^{page 129 note 2} HRS., p. 252.

^{page 130 note 1} Cf. also Lyc. Frag., p. 89.

^{page 133 note 1} GSBr., May 15, 1798.

^{page 134 note 1} Ibid., July 23, 1798.

^{page 134 note 2} Ibid., July 25, 1798.

^{page 134 note 3} Ibid., July 27, 1798.

^{page 135 note 1} Ibid., July 28, 1798.

^{page 135 note 2} WCBr., Bd. i, pp. 211 f.

^{page 135 note 3} GSBr., July 25, 1798.

^{page 135 note 4} WSBr., p. 396.

^{page 137 note 1} RDBr., Tagebuch für 1802.

^{page 137 note 2} GSBr., March 9, 1799.

^{page 138 note 1} G Wke., Abt. iv, Bd. 14, p. 54; Goethe to A. W. Schlegel, March 26, 1799.

^{page 138 note 2} GSBr., August 16, 1799.

^{page 139 note 1} Ibid., August 17, 1799.

^{page 139 note 2} Goethe to Zelter, v. supra, note 2, p. 43.

^{page 139 note 3} WSBr., p. 349; Xenien, Nos. 364, 365; RNBr., p. 97.

^{page 140 note 1} Ibid., p. 416.

^{page 140 note 2} RNBr., January 12, 1799.

^{page 140 note 3} WSBr., p. 416.

^{page 141 note 1} Ibid., p. 421. Cf. also Ideen, No. 94; Ath., iii, 1800.

^{page 142 note 1} RNBr., December 2, 1788. Fr. Schlegel to Novalis.

^{page 142 note 2} Numerals refer to the numbers of the Ideen in MS.

^{page 145 note 1} V. Ath. Fragment, No. 111.

^{page 145 note 2} DWM., p. 80.

^{page 145 note 3} Ibid., p. 84.

^{page 145 note 4} Vischer, Kleine Beiträge zur Charakteristik Goethes. G. Jahrb., Bd. iv, pp. 30 ff.

^{page 146 note 1} DWM., p. 85.

^{page 146 note 2} SVBr., especially first letter to Ernestine.

^{page 147 note 1} WSBr., p. 10.

^{page 147 note 2} Ibid., p. 63 f.

^{page 147 note 3} Ibid., p. 66.

^{page 147 note 4} HTBr., Bd. 3, p. 313; Fr. Schlegel an Lud. Tieck, July 27, 1798.

^{page 147 note 5} Grillparzer, 1822, cited BLittgesch., Bd. ii, pp. 86 f.

^{page 148 note 1} WSBr., pp. 27 f.

^{page 148 note 2} Lyc. Fragment, No. 119; MS., Bd. ii, p. 200.

^{page 149 note 1} GuR., Bd. i, p. 7. A. W. Schlegel to Goethe, September 24, 1797.

^{page 150 note 1} DWM., p. 96.

^{page 150 note 2} DLS., p. 491.

^{page 150 note 3} SLittgesch., Bd. i, p. 395.

^{page 153 note 1} HRS., p. 497.

^{page 156 note 1} GSBr., July 19, 1799.

^{page 157 note 1} RDBr., to Schleiermacher, October 28, 1799.

^{page 158 note 1} Ibid., November 15 and November 18, 1799.

^{page 158 note 2} RNBr., Caroline Schlegel an Novalis, November 15, 1798.

^{page 159 note 1} RDBr., December 9, 1799.

^{page 159 note 2} Ibid.

^{page 160 note 1} Ibid., April 10, 1800.

^{page 160 note 2} Ibid., April 28, 1800.

^{page 160 note 3} GuR., Bd. i. A. W. Schlegel an Goethe, July 12, 1800.

^{page 161 note 1} WSBr., p. 431.

^{page 161 note 2} GSBr., July 29, 1800.

^{page 162 note 1} Ibid., on dates mentioned in text.

^{page 162 note 2} Ibid., on dates mentioned in text.

^{page 162 note 3} RDBr., Dorothea an A. W. Schlegel, September 30, 1800.

^{page 162 note 4} WSBr., pp. 446 f.

^{page 163 note 1} Ibid., p. 452.

^{page 163 note 2} GSBr., December 22, 1800.

^{page 163 note 3} Ibid., March 18, 1801.

^{page 164 note 1} JSBr., Bd. vi, p. 219 f.

^{page 165 note 1} GSBr., November 25, 1797, and January 6, 1798.

^{page 165 note 2} Ibid., February 21, 1798.

^{page 165 note 3} GWke., Abt. iv, Bd. 14, p. 179. Goethe an Wm. von Humboldt, September 16, 1799.

^{page 165 note 4} Ibid., Bd. 15, p. 117. Goethe an Schelling, September 27, 1800.

^{page 165 note 5} GSBr., September 16, 1800.

^{page 165 note 6} G Wke., Abt. iv, Bd. 15, p. 147. Goethe an Wm. von Humboldt, November 19, 1800.

^{page 167 note 1} CuR., pp. 218 f.

^{page 169 note 1} WSBr., p. 414.

^{page 174 note 1} Ibid., p. 464.

^{page 175 note 1} Ibid., p. 462.

^{page 176 note 1} G Wke., Abt. iv, Bd. 16, p. 75. Goethe an A. W. Schlegel.

^{page 176 note 2} Ibid., p. 74.

^{page 176 note 3} GSBr., May 7/8.

^{page 177 note 1} Ibid., May 9.

^{page 177 note 2} Ibid., May 12.

^{page 177 note 3} G Wke., Abt. i Bd. 35, p. 120. Tag- und Jahreshefte.

^{page 177 note 4} BGG., Bd. i, pp. 234 f.

^{page 177 note 5} Ibid., p. 235.

^{page 178 note 1} Ibid., p. 258.

^{page 178 note 2} JSBr., Bd. vi, p. 400. Schiller an Körner, July 5, 1802.

^{page 178 note 3} Goethe's Cours d'amour. G. Jahrb., Bd. vi, pp. 65 ff.

^{page 178 note 4} MF., Bd. ii, p. 236.

^{page 178 note 5} Ibid., p. 259.

^{page 178 note 6} Ibid., p. 260.

^{page 179 note 1} GGE., March 21, 1830 = BGG., Bd. vii, p. 276.

^{page 182 note 1} BF., Bd. i, p. 372.

^{page 182 note 2} Ibid., p. 376. Cf. GSBr., July 19, 1799.

^{page 183 note 1} Ibid., pp. 378 f.

^{page 184 note 1} MF., Bd. ii, pp. 268 f.

^{page 187 note 1} HG., Zweiter Abschnitt, pp. 17 ff.

^{page 187 note 2} MF., Bd. ii, p. 239.

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