{"product_id":"don-carlos-infante-of-spain-friedrich-schiller-9781783744473","title":"Don Carlos Infante of Spain: A Dramatic Poem","description":"\u003cp\u003eSchiller's \u003cem\u003eDon Carlos\u003c\/em\u003e, written ten years before his great \u003cem\u003eWallenstein\u003c\/em\u003e trilogy, testifies to the young playwright's growing power. First performed in 1787, it stands at the culmination of Schiller's formative development as a dramatist and is the first play written in his characteristic iambic pentameter. \u003cem\u003eDon Carlos\u003c\/em\u003e plunges the audience into the dangerous political and personal struggles that rupture the court of the Spanish King Philip II in 1658. The autocratic king's son Don Carlos is caught between his political ideals, fostered by his friendship with the charismatic Marquis Posa, and his doomed love for his stepmother Elisabeth of Valois. These twin passions set him against his father, the brooding and tormented Philip, and the terrible power of the Catholic Church, represented in the play by the indelible figure of the Grand Inquisitor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSchiller described \u003cem\u003eDon Carlos\u003c\/em\u003e as \"a family portrait in a princely house.\" It interweaves political machinations with powerful personal relationships to create a complex and resonant tragedy. The conflict between absolutism and liberty appealed not only to audiences but also to other artists and gave rise to several operas, not least to Verdi's great \u003cem\u003eDon Carlos\u003c\/em\u003e of 1867. The play, which the playwright never finished to his satisfaction, lives on nonetheless among his best-loved works and is translated here with flair and skill by Flora Kimmich. Like her translations of Schiller's \u003cem\u003eWallenstein\u003c\/em\u003e and his Fiesco's \u003cem\u003eConspiracy at Genoa\u003c\/em\u003e, this is a lively and accessible rendering of a classic text. As with all books in the Open Book Classics series, it is supported by an introduction and notes that will inform and enlighten both the student and the general reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Friedrich Schiller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1783744472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781783744473\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Book Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"Friedrich Schiller","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43938030616831,"sku":"9781783744473","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ad93e1ce-36ea-4887-8e1a-5a3ace433265.jpg?v=1681433335","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/don-carlos-infante-of-spain-friedrich-schiller-9781783744473","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}