143b. Friedrich Schlegel to Wilhelm Schlegel in Amsterdam: Dresden, 17 April 1794 [*]
Dresden, 17 April 1794
. . . [Financial matters, gratitude to Wilhelm.] I immediately sent your letter on to Caroline and wrote her myself. I am full of hope; after everything she told me about the matter, there is no doubt she can help; [1] at least my deliverance no longer depends on the exact time when that help comes, as important as it does still remain. . . .
Stay very, very well indeed, and send news soon about yourself as well, about Dante, about Sophie. [2] I do hope you did not take offense at what I recently wrote about Caroline; it was at least cordially intended. — Although I had a fever for a few days, I am now doing better.
F. S.
Notes
[*] Sources: Walzel, 175–77; KFSA 23:189–91. Back.
[1] With a financial loan. Back.
[2] “Sophie”: Wilhelm’s love interest in Amsterdam, apparently Sophie Tischbein. See the supplementary appendix on Sophie Tischbein as the Amsterdam Sophie.
Wilhelm’s critical essay and translations from the Divine Comedy, “Dante. Über die göttliche Komödie,” published first in Gottfried August Bürger’s Akademie der schönen Redekünste, vol. 1 (1791) no. 3, 239–92 (Sämmtliche Werke 3:199–381), then continued in various periodicals, including Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker’s Taschenbuch zum geselligen Vergnügen, Schiller’s Die Horen, and Becker’s Erholungen. The lengthier piece on Dante’s Divina commedia appeared in Die Horen.
Concerning the publication history, see ibid., KFSA 23:467–68n6; issues include Die Horen 1, 3 (1795) 22–69; 1, 4 (1795) 1–13; 1, 7 (1795) 31–49; 1, 8 (1795) 35–74. Back.
Translation © 2011 Doug Stott