Subscribe to get parts 1 and 2 of this ad-free, plus a supporter-exclusive part three. Listen to a preview.. We continue from part one on Schlegel's "Dialogue on Poesy" (1799) and "Concerning the Essence of Critique" (1804). How can Romantic art always aim at some common source of our humanity yet also require originality? How can having some sort of common mythology Continue Reading …
Ep. 320: Friedrich Schlegel on Romanticism (Part Three for Supporters)
Mark and Wes conclude our discussion of the younger Schlegel brother by going through more of his critical fragments, largely published in 1797 in the journal Lyceum tier schonen Kunste. Start with parts one and two. We relate appreciation of art to appreciation of purposiveness a la Shaftesbury, try to figure out what Schlegel means by "wit," the place of otherness in a Continue Reading …
Ep. 320: Friedrich Schlegel on Romanticism (Part Two for Supporters)
We continue on Schlegel's "Dialogue on Poesy" (1799) and "Concerning the Essence of Critique" (1804). How can Romantic art always aim at some common source of our humanity yet also require originality? How can having some sort of common mythology help artists be original in this way, and how can we embrace mythology as modern people? We try to figure out this "Speech on Continue Reading …
Ep. 320: Friedrich Schlegel on Romanticism (Part One for Supporters)
On selected fragments from 1797-1801, "Dialogue on Poesy" (1799), and "Concerning the Essence of Critique" (1804). What makes art "Romantic"? Friedrich Schlegel (and his older brother August Schlegel, whom we'll read for ep. 321) were both art critics based in Jena, Germany, which was also where Fichte, Schelling, Schiller, and even Goethe were based at the time. The Continue Reading …