Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) was one of the most influential of all playwrights, the author of deeply moving dramas that explored human fears, desires and ideals. Written at the age of twenty-one, "The Robbers" was his first play. A passionate consideration of liberty, fraternity and deep betrayal[...]

Don Carlos and Mary Stuart, two of German literature's greatest dramas, deal with the timeless issues of power, freedom, and justice. Dating from 1787 and 1800 respectively, one play was written before the French Revolution, the other in its aftermath. Both dramatize periods of crisis in sixteenth-c[...]

In this important study, Lesley Sharpe assesses Schiller's development as a dramatist, poet and thinker, and provides detailed discussions of all his major works, including his essays on aesthetics. His works are viewed against the social, political and literary background of the late eighteenth cen[...]

Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) ist eine der schwungvollsten Gestalten der deutschen Literatur. Er revolutionierte die deutsche Geistesgeschichte und begeisterte mit seinen Stücken das Theaterpublikum. Rüdiger Safranski zeichnet Schillers Leben nach und beschreibt anschaulich, wie er (mit Goeth[...]