Wallenstein: Ein Trauerspiel
II. Wallensteins Tod

Originally published in 1896, this book contains the German text for the last drama in Schiller's Wallenstein trilogy, Wallenstein's Tod.

Friedrich Schiller (Author), Karl Breul (Edited by)

9781107619913, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 1 August 2013

374 pages
19.8 x 12.9 x 2 cm, 0.37 kg

Originally published in 1896 as part of the Pitt Press Series, this book contains the German text for the last drama in Schiller's Wallenstein trilogy, Wallenstein's Tod. The play is introduced in great depth by celebrated German scholar Karl Breul, who also wrote the detailed notes on the play that feature at the end of the volume. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Schiller or in German drama more generally.

Preface
Introduction: 1. The manuscripts and the editions
2. The original and final division
3. Time and place of action
4. Schiller's drama in its relation to history
5. General discussion of Schiller's drama
6. Coleridge's translation and Constant's adaptation
7. Other poems and dramas relating to Wallenstein
8. Argument
Text
Notes
Appendices: 1. Scenes omitted in the printed editions
2. Poems connected with Wallenstein's Tod
3. Character of Wallenstein (from the History)
4. Bibliography
Index to the notes.

Subject Areas: Theatre studies [AN]