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Reprint of the original, first published in 1860.
Reproduction of the original.
Lesley Sharpe assesses Schiller's development as a dramatist, poet and thinker against the background of his life.
A giant of Romanticism and one of Germany's most celebrated writers of all time, Friedrich von Schiller used his poetry and plays to promote key ideals of the Enlightenment, celebrating the beauty of life and the importance of withstanding tyranny in all forms. The bestselling Delphi Poets Series presents the complete poetical works and plays of Friedrich von Schiller, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Schiller's life and works * Concise introductions to the plays and other works * Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent format...
Friedrich Schiller is justly celebrated for his dramas and poetry. Yet, above all, he was a polymath, whose writings enriched a range of fields including history and philosophy. Until now, no comprehensive accounting of this philosophy has been undertaken. The Palgrave Handbook on the Philosophy of Friedrich Schiller makes good this desideratum, treating Schiller's poetry, prose, and dramatic work alongside his philosophical writings and reviewing his thought not only in connection with those who influenced him, such as Kant, Reinhold, and Fichte, but also those he anticipated, such as Hegel, Marx, and the Neo-Kantians. Topics treated in this volume include Schiller's philosophical backgroun...
The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Thomas Carlyle Excerpt PART FIRST.[1759-1784.] Among the writers of the concluding part of the last century there is none more deserving of our notice than Friedrich Schiller. Distinguished alike for the splendour of his intellectual faculties, and the elevation of his tastes and feelings, he has left behind him in his works a noble emblem of these great qualities: and the reputation which he thus enjoys, and has merited, excites our attention the more, on considering the circumstances under which it was acquired. Schiller had peculiar difficulties to strive with, and his success has likewise been peculiar. Much of h...