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Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller ( 10 November 1759 - 9 May 1805 ) German poet, historian, dramatist, and playwright; usually known as Friedrich Schiller Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Don Carlos (1787) 1.2 An die Freude (Ode to Joy; or Hymn to Joy)...


Biography

Name: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
Birth Date: November 10, 1759
Death Date: May 9, 1805
Place of Birth: Marbach, Württemberg, Germany
Place of Death: Weimar, Germany
Nationality: German
Gender: Male
Occupations: author

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Biography of Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
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A universal genius generally regarded as the greatest German dramatist, Friedrich Schiller dominates a period of German literary history as no one else before or since. Schiller revealed more vividly than any of his predecessors the power of drama and...
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Biography of Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
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The German dramatist, poet, and historian Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) ranks as one of the greatest of German literary figures. He was a founder of modern German literature. Friedrich von Schiller was born at Marbach,...


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Schiller, Friedrich (1759–1805) Summary
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Schiller, Friedrich(1759–1805) Friedrich Schiller, a famed dramatist, poet, and essayist, was born in Marbach, a small town in southwest Germany, to Elisabeth Kodweiss and Johann Kaspar Schiller, a lieutenant in the army of the Duke of...
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Friedrich Schiller Information
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Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (Marbach am Neckar, November 10, 1759 – May 9, 1805 in Weimar) was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist. During the last several years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller struck a productive,...


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German Quarterly
A Companion to the Works of Friedrich Schiller
07/01/2006: 666 words, approx. 2 pages
Martinson, Steven D., ed. A Companion to the Works of Friedrich Schiller. Rochester: Camden House, 2005. 333pp. $90.00 hardcover. "... the specific character of Schiller's genius and works [is ] still in need of more clarification-and liberation from cultural prejudices." The concluding sentence...
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German Quarterly
Friedrich Schiller: Crime, Aesthetics, and the Poetics of Punishment
04/01/2006: 626 words, approx. 2 pages
Hart, Gail K. Friedrich Schiller: Crime, Aesthetics, and the Poetics of Punishment. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 2005.183 pp. $42.50 hardcover. Hart's study, part of the relatively contained Schiller-boom commemorating the 200th anniversary of his death, concerns itself with Schiller's attitude towards crime...
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The collagen-elastin ratio in real time: Study using a novel, non-invasive laser skin testing technique proves women lose collagen faster than men
3/1/2007: 501 words, approx. 2 pages
WOBURN, MASS. German researchers have, for the first time, used an innovative, non-invasive laser technique to evaluate levels of collagen and elastin in the skin in real time. The technique could eventually be useful in studying skin diseases involving the collagen structure, such as scleroderma...
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Famed German library restored after fire
10/18/2007: 473 words, approx. 2 pages
The restoration of Germany's famed Anna Amalia Library, a UNESCO World Heritage List site gutted by fire three years ago, has been completed, and the building will reopen next week, officials said Thursday.The $18.2 million restoration was undertaken after a fire blamed on an electrical...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Robin Harrison
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In the following essay, Harrison explores the central theme of Wallenstein, “the agony of choice between the demands of the senses and those of reason,” which he notes is central to Schiller's vision of life.
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Critical Essay by E. L. Stahl
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In the following essay, Stahl discusses Schiller's last plays, Die Braut von Messina, Wilhelm Tell, and the fragment Demetrius, and finds in them several new features—notably the exploration of the tension between necessity and free will, the external rather than the internal compulsion of characters, and tragic action based on the transformation of the hero's character—that indicate a shift in style and emphasis in Schiller's dramatic works and a development in his notio...
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Critical Essay by William Witte
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In the following essay, Witte argues that Maria Stuart, Die Jungfrau von Orleans, and Die Braut von Messina embody and illustrate Schiller's idea of the tragically sublime: the triumph of the moral self over the human being's material existence, emotional impulses, and physical nature, or the victory of spiritual freedom over the bondage of the flesh.
 


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