This is the first English translation of Schelling's novel, most
likely written after the death of his first wife, Caroline, the
former wife of August Wilhelm Schlegel. Although only a fragment,
Clara remains unique. Part novella, part philosophical tome, its
central theme is the connection between this world and the next.
Schelling masterfully weaves together his knowledge of animal
magnetism, literary techniques, and his doctrine of the potencies
to make his philosophy accessible to all.
Steinkamp addresses the main issues concerning the dating of the
work -- many commentators have deemed Clara to be a sketch for
Schelling's The Ages of the World or an outline for the third,
missing book of that work -- and provides a short biography of
Schelling with particular emphasis on events claimed to play a role
in the conception of Clara, such as the deaths of both Caroline and
her daughter, Auguste. She depicts the striking correspondence
between passages in Clara and the content of Schelling's touching
letters mourning Caroline, written to Pauline, the daughter of
Caroline's best friend and the woman who would become his second
wife.
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