Johann Elias Schlegel

Johann Elias Schlegel ( * January 17, 1719 in Meissen, † August 13 1749 in Soro (Denmark) ) was a German poet, lawyer and poetry theorists.

In Schulpforta trained, studied Schlegel, son of a Appelationsrates and pen Counsel, from 1739 to 1742 in Leipzig, history, philosophy and law, where he became acquainted with Johann Christoph Gottsched. As private secretary to the Saxon envoy, he worked since 1743 in Copenhagen and there was the magazine The stranger out, in which he reported on the situation in Denmark. He wrote for the Danish theater and took over in 1748 as an associate professor of Modern History, constitutional law and commercial nature of the new Knight's Academy in Soro. As a result, he received the appointment as playwright, translator and literary critic.

His works were also the come to Copenhagen brother Johann Heinrich Schlegel (1724-1780) from 1761 to 1770 in five volumes out.

Johann Elias Schlegel was in his time a major participant in the literary- aesthetic discussions in the German speaking countries ( Gottsched, Bodmer ). As such, he still finds attention.

Works

  • Comparison of Shakespears and Andreas Gryphs. 1741 (Stuttgart: Reclam, 1984 ISBN 3-15-008242-0 )
  • Hermann. A tragedy. 1743
  • Canut, a tragedy. 1746
  • The silent beauty. ( Comedy ) 1748
  • Orestes and Pylades ( tragedy ). Published 1760
  • The triumph of good women. ( Comedy ) 1769
  • Theoretical texts.
  • The happy island.
  • The busy idlers.
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