You might also like

More about Friedrich Schiller

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 129 loyalty points

Book synopsis

In this important study, Lesley Sharpe assesses Schiller's development as a dramatist, poet and thinker, and provides detailed discussions of all his major works, including his essays on aesthetics. His works are viewed against the social, political and literary background of the late eighteenth century. Spanning a period from the late 1770s to 1805 they explore the insistent themes of the age - the loss of tradition and authority, the individual's claim to self-expression and the search for stability. While the early works focus on the turbulent individual, Schiller later turns to the great public concerns of the French Revolutionary era - legitimacy and power, the exercise of freedom and the relationship between morality and politics. The aesthetic essays explore the vital role of art in integrating the aesthetic, moral and political realms.

Book details

Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Friedrich Schiller
• Subtitle: Drama, Thought and Politics
• Author: Lesley Sharpe
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 404
• EAN: 9780521030649
• ISBN: 0521030641
• ID: 02018992
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 524 g
• Dimensions: 228 × 152 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 02. November 2006

Trending among others

---

---

---