Bards, Ballads, and Barbarians in Jena. Germanic Medievalism in the Early Works of Friedrich Schlegel
The early German romantics were highly interested in medieval literature, primarily poetry written in romance vernaculars such as Dante’s Inferno. Only later did the German romantics turn to northern medieval literature for inspiration. In the case of German romantic Friedrich Schlege...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG
2018-12-01
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| Series: | Romantik |
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| Online Access: | https://vr-elibrary.de/doi/10.14220/jsor.2019.8.1.13 |
| Summary: | The early German romantics were highly interested in medieval literature, primarily poetry
written in romance vernaculars such as Dante’s Inferno. Only later did the German romantics
turn to northern medieval literature for inspiration. In the case of German romantic
Friedrich Schlegel (1772–1829), the usual opinion is that he would not have cared for
northern (primarily Scandinavian) medieval literature and art before his late phase, beginning
around 1802. In this phase, his literary criticism stood under the sway of his conservative
politics. This article examines the reception of Germanic medieval literature in
Schlegel’s early essays, reviews and fragments, in order to discuss the role of Germanic
medieval literature in his work and the extent to which it is connected with his poetics and
politics. |
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| ISSN: | 2245-599X 2246-2945 |