Many works of the ancients have become fragments. Many works of the moderns are fragments at the time of their origin. (#24)
—Friedrich Schlegel, Dialogue on Poetry & Literary Aphorisms, translation by Behler & Struc (Penn. State U. Press, 1968)
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to be and not to be
A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is; otherwise the most concise formula would be: Poetry is that which at some time and some place was named thus. (#114)
—Friedrich Schlegel, Dialogue on Poetry & Literary Aphorisms, translation by Behler & Struc (Penn. State U. Press, 1968)
—Friedrich Schlegel, Dialogue on Poetry & Literary Aphorisms, translation by Behler & Struc (Penn. State U. Press, 1968)
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