Clara: or, On Nature's Connection to the Spirit World

Part novella, part philosophy, Clara was Schelling's most popular work during his lifetime, and appears here in English for the first time.

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 to...