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A Companion to the Works of Friedrich Schiller (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture) (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture) by Steven D. Martinson, David V. Pugh, Dieter Borchmeyer, James van der Laan is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Friedrich Schiller is not merely one of Germany's foremost poets. He is also one of the major German contributors to world literature. In Germany, Schiller celebrations and commemorations still play a role in the formation of public opinion, and the undying words he gave to characters such as Marquis Posa in Don Carlos and Wilhelm Tell in the eponymous drama continue to underscore the need for human freedom. Schiller cultivated hope in the actualization of moral knowledge through aesthetic education and critical reflection, leading to his ideal of a more humane humanity. At the same time, he was fully cognizant of the problems that attend various forms of idealism. Yet for Schiller, ultimately, love remains the gravitational center of the universe and of human existence, and beyond life and death joy prevails. This collection of cutting-edge essays by some of the world's leading Schiller experts constitutes a milestone in scholarship that is particularly timely in view of the 200th anniversary of the poet's death in 2005. Special attention is given to both the paradigm shifts in Schiller's work in its development over time and the indelible imprint of the early writings on his late
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- Author
- Steven D. Martinson, David V. Pugh, Dieter Borchmeyer, James van der Laan
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781571136572
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Poetry, Literary Fiction, Literary Criticism
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