Wilhelm Tell (German literary classics in translation)

Wilhelm Tell (German Literary Classics in Translation)

Literature & Fiction

Schiller, Friedrich Von

Dramas & Plays

University of Chicago Press

When Schiller completed Wilhelm Tell as a "New Year's Gift for 1805" he foretold that it would cause a stir. He was right. In the midst of Great Power politics a play which drew substance from one of the fourteenth-century liberation movements proved both attractive and inflammatory. Since then the work as become immensely popular. This new English translation by William F. Mainland brings out the essential tragi-comic nature of Wilhelm Tell but also emphasizes its impressive formal unity. Schiller based his play on chronicles of the Swiss liberation movement, in which Wilhelm Tell played a major role. Since Tell's existence has never been proven, Schiller, a historian by profession, felt he had to devise a figure who would bring the uncertainties and contradictions of the various Swiss chronicles into focus. Respected for his courage and skill with a bow, for his peaceable nature and his integrity, Schiller's archer—while always ready to aid his fellows—habitually seeks solitude. In the midst of political turmoil Wilhelm Tell is the nonpolitical man of action. Keenly interested in the problematic interplay of history and legend, Schiller turned it to be dramatic advantage. He constructed his play to illustrate the greatest possible development of the character traits suggested for Tell by the chronicles. The result of Schiller's supreme achievement in historical drama.

Schillers sämmtliche Werke in zwölf Bänden. (German Edition)

History & Criticism

Legare Street Press

Die Jungfrau Von Orleans, Eine Romantisch Tragodie: Fur Den Schulgebrauch Heransgegeben (1902) (German Edition)

Kessinger Publishing

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Die Jungfrau Von Orleans,Eine Romantisch Tragodie: Fur Den Schulgebrauch Heransgegeben (1902) (German Edition)

Literary

Kessinger Publishing, LLC

Don Carlos, Infant D'Espagne (1799) (French Edition)

Lezay, Adrien De

Turandot, Prinzessin Von China: Ein Tragicomisches Mahrchen Nach Gozzi (1802) (German Edition)

Gozzi, Carlo

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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