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Schiller's Literary Prose Works
Jeffrey L. High (Ed.)
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Description for Schiller's Literary Prose Works
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New translations of Schiller's literary prose works, accompanied by fresh critical essays. Friedrich Schiller was a dramatist and poet for the ages, an important aesthetic theorist, and among Germany's first historians. But he left few works of literary prose behind -- seven short tales and fragments, almost all from early in his career -- and although they include some of his most resonant in his own time, they are largely overlooked today. Several of the pieces -- which include The Ghost-Seer, A Magnanimous Act from Most Recent History, TheCriminal of Lost Honor: A True Story, A Curious Example of ... Read more
New translations of Schiller's literary prose works, accompanied by fresh critical essays. Friedrich Schiller was a dramatist and poet for the ages, an important aesthetic theorist, and among Germany's first historians. But he left few works of literary prose behind -- seven short tales and fragments, almost all from early in his career -- and although they include some of his most resonant in his own time, they are largely overlooked today. Several of the pieces -- which include The Ghost-Seer, A Magnanimous Act from Most Recent History, TheCriminal of Lost Honor: A True Story, A Curious Example of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Columbia, MD, United States
ISBN
9781571134967
SKU
V9781571134967
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About Jeffrey L. High (Ed.)
JEFFREY L. HIGH is Professor of German Studies at California State University, Long Beach GAIL K. HART is Professor Emerita of German at the University of California, Irvine. JEFFREY L. HIGH is Professor of German Studies at California State University, Long Beach
Reviews for Schiller's Literary Prose Works
Schiller's writings are indispensable, and here is their collection.
GERMAN QUARTERLY
These accessible translations are a valuable addition to the Schiller corpus available in English, and Francis Lamport's consistently lucid Spiritualist stands out among them.
MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW
These engaging narratives, the shorter ones even more than the lengthy ones, merit scholarly attention and a wide ... Read more
GERMAN QUARTERLY
These accessible translations are a valuable addition to the Schiller corpus available in English, and Francis Lamport's consistently lucid Spiritualist stands out among them.
MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW
These engaging narratives, the shorter ones even more than the lengthy ones, merit scholarly attention and a wide ... Read more