Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 28 January 1821 entry: 'Past Midnight. One o' the clock. I have been reading W[ilhelm]. F[riedrich]. S[chlegel] ... till now, and I can make out nothing ... [two paragraphs later] Continuing to read Mr. F[rederick] S[chlegel]. He is not such a fool as I took him for ...'
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Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 29 January 1821 entry: 'Read S[chlegel].'
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The Hon.J. W. Ward to Mary Berry, 11 May 1814: 'I have bought Mr Schlegel's book about the drama, which they have translated and printed here [Paris], but I have not had time to read much of it [goes on to remark upon difficulty of comprehending current German thought].'
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Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book
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Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book
'Shelley reads Schlegel aloud [to] us - We sleep at Rheims.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book
'Shelley reads Schlegel aloud and we travel on in a pleasant country among nice people - We sleep at Dijon'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book
'Friday March 19th. [...] Walk in the Gardens of the Villa Borghese -- Read the second Volume of [...] Schlegel's [Criticism]'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Claire Clairmont Print: Book
'Saturday March 27th [...] Read Schlegel Criticism'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Claire Clairmont Print: Book
'Tuesday March 30th. [...] Finish Schlegel's Critiscism [sic].'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Claire Clairmont Print: Book
'Friday Jany 28th. Rainy -- Read Irish Pamphlet & Travels before the Flood -- Also two chapters in Schlegel's Dramactic [sic] Criticism'.
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Elizabeth Barrett to Lady Margaret Cocks, 31 December 1832:
'I have had my hands & head full of a book called the Greek Theatre, composed in part of
extracts, & edited by a Cambridge Student [...] In the body of the work, are extracts from
Schlegel: so full of poetical & classical enthusiasm, that I should like to know something of the
[italics]German[end italics] Schlegel!'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett Print: Book
'I was glad to have the enjoyment of reading Schlegel's History of Literature. It is a fine work, built on a sure foundation; and though I do not always agree with his taste, his feelings and his principles are exactly what I believe it is right to square one's own by'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Charlotte Bury Print: Book
'Mr Schlegel's Essays are most certainly worth reading, altho' you will not entirely agree with him in many of his opinions'.
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