April 12, 2024
1884 ANTIQUE Leather Frederick SCHILLER Victorian POETRY PLAYS DRAMAS ROMANCES
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THE WORKSOFFREDERICK SCHILLER 4 VOLUMES 1884 This set would grace any bookshelf! Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) was a German playwright, poet, writer on philosophy, history and aesthetics. Schiller's highly successful early plays, including The Robbers (1781) and Don Carlos (1787), articulated his violent opposition to tyranny. In Weimar he became professor at the University of Jena (1789) and married writer Charlotte von Lengefeld. At this time he also began his important friendship with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, with whom he shared many values and ideas. In 1787 Schiller began writing historical works, as well as works on philosphy and aesthetics, heavily influenced by Emmanuel Kant. He and Goethe also edited the literary magazines Horen and Musenalmanach. Some of his most important works were historical dramas, including Wallenstein (1798-99), Mary Stuart ((1800), and W illiam Tell (1804). He also translated works of Shakespeare and Racine. Schiller is acknowledged to be a leading figure in German literature, second only to Goethe. Beethoven used Schiller's poem "Ode to Joy" (1785) as the text for the final movement of his Ninth Symphony. ***************************************************** CONDITION: This set is 129 years old! and is in Very Good condition. Lovely Victorian binding of three-quarters
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