The robbers ; Wallenstein

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Contains two eighteenth-century plays by German dramatist Friedrich Schiller, including "The Robbers," a tragedy of liberty and fraternity; and "Wallenstein," a trilogy in the traditions of Sophocles, Shakespeare, and French Classical drama. "Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) was one of the most influential of all playwrights, the author of deeply moving dramas that explored human fears, desires and ideals. Written at the age of twenty-one, The Robbers was his first play. A passionate consideration of liberty, fraternity and deep betrayal, it quickly established his fame throughout Germany and wider Europe. Wallenstein, produced nineteen years later, is regarded as Schiller's masterpiece: a deeply moving exploration of a flawed general's struggle to bring the Thirty Years War to an end against the will of his Emperor. Depicting the deep corruption caused by constant fighting between Protestants and Catholics, it is at once a meditation on the unbounded possible strength of humanity, and a tragic recognition of what can happen when men allow themselves to be weak." -- Book cover.

subjects: Drama,  Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author),  German drama,  Translations into English,  German literature,  Dramawallenstein, albrecht wenzel eusebius von , 1583-1634,  German drama--translations into english,  German literature--translations into english,  Pt2473.r3 l35 1979

People: Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein Herzog zu Friedland (1583-1634),  Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein Herzog von Friedland (1583-1634)