biography
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Schlegel, (Karl Wilhelm) Friedrich von
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pronunciation:
[shlaygl]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1772–1829)
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| biography:
| Writer and critic, born in Hanover, NC Germany, the brother of August von Schlegel. He studied at Göttingen and Leipzig, and became closely associated with his brother, with whom he edited the journal Das Athenaeum. He wrote widely on comparative literature and philology, his works inspiring the early German Romantic movement. |
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