Wallenstein : a dramatic poem /
Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805,
Wallenstein : a dramatic poem / by Friedrich Schiller ; translation and notes to the text by Flora Kimmich ; introduction by Roger Paulin. - 1 online resource (314 pages) : color illustrations. - Open Book classics, v. 5 2054-2178 ; . - Open Book classics ; v. 5. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Translator's Note / Flora Kimmich -- Additional Resources -- Introduction / Roger Paulin -- Wallenstein's Camp. Prologue ; Characters ; Act One -- The Piccolomini. In five acts. Characters ; Act One ; Act Two ; Act Three ; Act Four ; Act Five -- The Death of Wallenstein. A tragedy in five acts. Characters. Act One ; Act Two ; Act Three ; Act Four ; Act Five -- Notable Names -- Notes to Wallenstein's Camp -- Notes to The Piccolomini -- Notes to The Death of Wallenstein.
"By the time Frederich Schiller came to write the Wallenstein trilogy, his reputation as one of Germany's leading playwrights was all but secured. Consisting of Wallenstein's Camp, The Piccolomini and Wallenstein's Death, this suite of plays appeared between 1798 and 1799, each production under the original direction of Schiller's collaborator and mentor, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Across the three plays, which are now commonly performed and printed together, Schiller charts the thwarted rebellion of General Albrecht von Wallenstein. Based loosely on the events of the Thirty Years' War, the trilogy provides a unique perspective on an army's loyalty to their commander and the machinations and intrigues of international diplomacy, giving insight into the military hero who is placed on the threshold between these forces as they are increasingly pitted against one another. The Wallenstein trilogy, formally innovative and modern beyond its time, is a brilliant study of power, ambition and betrayal. In this new translation--the latest in a long line of distinguished English translations starting with Coleridge's in Schiller's lifetime--Flora Kimmich succeeds in rendering what is often a difficult source text into language that is at once accessible and enjoyable. Coupled with a complete and careful commentary and a glossary, both of which are targeted to undergraduates, it is accompanied by an authoritative introductory essay by Roger Paulin. Kimmich's translation will be an invaluable resource for students of German, European literature and history, and military history, as well as to all readers approaching this important set of plays for the first time."--Publisher's website.
Translated from the German.
9781783742653 1783742658 9781783742660 1783742666 9781783742677 1783742674 1783742631 9781783742639
9781783742639
01575197
2019452607
Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805. Wallenstein.
Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805 --Translations into English.
Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von, Herzog von Friedland, 1583-1634 --Drama.
Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805.
Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von, Herzog von Friedland, 1583-1634.
Wallenstein (Schiller, Friedrich)
1618-1648
Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648--Drama.
Literary studies: plays and playwrights.
Literature and literary studies.
Literature: history and criticism.
The arts.
Theatre studies.
DRAMA--Continental European.
Electronic books.
Drama.
Translations.
PT2473.W3
832/.6
Wallenstein : a dramatic poem / by Friedrich Schiller ; translation and notes to the text by Flora Kimmich ; introduction by Roger Paulin. - 1 online resource (314 pages) : color illustrations. - Open Book classics, v. 5 2054-2178 ; . - Open Book classics ; v. 5. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Translator's Note / Flora Kimmich -- Additional Resources -- Introduction / Roger Paulin -- Wallenstein's Camp. Prologue ; Characters ; Act One -- The Piccolomini. In five acts. Characters ; Act One ; Act Two ; Act Three ; Act Four ; Act Five -- The Death of Wallenstein. A tragedy in five acts. Characters. Act One ; Act Two ; Act Three ; Act Four ; Act Five -- Notable Names -- Notes to Wallenstein's Camp -- Notes to The Piccolomini -- Notes to The Death of Wallenstein.
"By the time Frederich Schiller came to write the Wallenstein trilogy, his reputation as one of Germany's leading playwrights was all but secured. Consisting of Wallenstein's Camp, The Piccolomini and Wallenstein's Death, this suite of plays appeared between 1798 and 1799, each production under the original direction of Schiller's collaborator and mentor, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Across the three plays, which are now commonly performed and printed together, Schiller charts the thwarted rebellion of General Albrecht von Wallenstein. Based loosely on the events of the Thirty Years' War, the trilogy provides a unique perspective on an army's loyalty to their commander and the machinations and intrigues of international diplomacy, giving insight into the military hero who is placed on the threshold between these forces as they are increasingly pitted against one another. The Wallenstein trilogy, formally innovative and modern beyond its time, is a brilliant study of power, ambition and betrayal. In this new translation--the latest in a long line of distinguished English translations starting with Coleridge's in Schiller's lifetime--Flora Kimmich succeeds in rendering what is often a difficult source text into language that is at once accessible and enjoyable. Coupled with a complete and careful commentary and a glossary, both of which are targeted to undergraduates, it is accompanied by an authoritative introductory essay by Roger Paulin. Kimmich's translation will be an invaluable resource for students of German, European literature and history, and military history, as well as to all readers approaching this important set of plays for the first time."--Publisher's website.
Translated from the German.
9781783742653 1783742658 9781783742660 1783742666 9781783742677 1783742674 1783742631 9781783742639
9781783742639
01575197
2019452607
Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805. Wallenstein.
Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805 --Translations into English.
Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von, Herzog von Friedland, 1583-1634 --Drama.
Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805.
Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von, Herzog von Friedland, 1583-1634.
Wallenstein (Schiller, Friedrich)
1618-1648
Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648--Drama.
Literary studies: plays and playwrights.
Literature and literary studies.
Literature: history and criticism.
The arts.
Theatre studies.
DRAMA--Continental European.
Electronic books.
Drama.
Translations.
PT2473.W3
832/.6