Author : Friedrich Schiller
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849439885
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (494 download)
Book Synopsis Schiller: Volume One by : Friedrich Schiller
Download or read book Schiller: Volume One written by Friedrich Schiller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2005-10-11 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the plays The Robbers and Passion and Politics Two plays concerned with tyranny and freedom. Schiller's first play, The Robbers (1781), was written in great secrecy under the prison like conditions of Württenberg's Karlsschule: Karl, the son of a count, is disinherited through the machinations of his brother Franz, and, turning his back on a social order he finds unjust and corrupt, becomes the leader of a band of robbers. In Passion and Politics (1784), a 'bourgeoise tragedy', the love between Louise, a musician's daughter, and Ferdinand, a politician's son, crosses an unbridgeable social divide. One of the great figures in German literature, Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) was one of the most significant playwright of his day, numbering among his devotees Coleridge and Carlyle. His plays are known for their originality of form, vivid stage imagery and powerful language, faithfully rendered in Robert David MacDonald's acclaimed translations.