Friedrich Schiller: Drama, Thought and Politics (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521030649)

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.

Author: Lesley Sharpe
ISBN-10: 0521030641
ISBN-13: 9780521030649
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/02/2006
Pages: 404
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d