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| 1. | Au⋅gust Wil⋅helm von [ou-goost vil-helm fuhn] , 1767–1845, German poet, critic, and translator. |
| 2. | his brother, Frie⋅drich von [free-drikh fuhn] , 1772–1829, German critic, philosopher, and poet. |
| Schle·gel (shlā'gəl) German scholar who wrote influential criticism, translated several Shakespearean works, and composed poetry. He also edited a literary magazine with his brother Friedrich (1772-1829), a philosopher, poet, and critic whose essays formed the intellectual basis of German romanticism. |