Schiller Joan of Arc, William Tell

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Synopsis

Includes the plays Joan of Arc and William TellTwo plays about historical characters whose fame has also raised them to the level of myth. In Joan of Arc (1801), Schiller allows his heroine a more glorious death than her historical execution at the stake, and imbues her with more passion, and compassion, than is usually ascribed to the actual Joan.In William Tell (1805), often regarded as his greatest play, Schiller creates a vivid sense of time and place - medieval Switzerland - and in his troubled hero, the accidental revolutionary Tell, create a complex and fascinating figure.One of the great figures in German literature, Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) was in some ways 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

Book details

Series:
Oberon Classics
Author:
Friedrich Schiller, Robert David MacDonald
ISBN:
9781849439909
Related ISBNs:
9781840026207
Publisher:
Oberon Books
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2020-09-23
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2013
Copyright by:
Oberon Books 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Drama, Plays and Theater, History, Literature and Fiction