{"product_id":"schiller-friedrich-schiller-9781840026184","title":"Schiller: Volume One: The Robbers; Passion and Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes the plays The Robbers and Passion and Politics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo plays concerned with tyranny and freedom. Schiller's first play, The Robbers (1781), was written in great secrecy under the prison like conditions of W rttenberg's Karlsschule: Karl, the son of a count, is disinherited through the machinations of his brother Franz, and, turning his back on a social order he finds unjust and corrupt, becomes the leader of a band of robbers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Passion and Politics (1784), a 'bourgeoise tragedy', the love between Louise, a musician's daughter, and Ferdinand, a politician's son, crosses an unbridgeable social divide. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the great figures in German literature, Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) was one of the most significant playwright of his day, numbering among his devotees Coleridge and Carlyle. His plays are known for their originality of form, vivid stage imagery and powerful language, faithfully rendered in Robert David MacDonald's acclaimed translations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Friedrich Schiller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1840026189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781840026184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oberon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.34h x 5.12w x 0.65d","brand":"Friedrich Schiller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44129632911615,"sku":"9781840026184","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a0b188ec-f101-430d-b8ed-217b1d683415.jpg?v=1687464963","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/schiller-friedrich-schiller-9781840026184","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}