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(0)Roger Paulin
Author
Publisher
Open Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"From Goethe to Gundolf: Essays on German Literature and Culture is a collection of Roger Paulin's groundbreaking essays, spanning the last forty years. The work represents his major research interests of Romanticism and the reception of Shakespeare in Germany, but also explores a broader range of themes, from poetry and the public memorialization of poets to fairy stories - all meticulously researched, yet highly accessible. As a comprehensive examination...
Author
Publisher
Open Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"This is the first full-scale biography, in any language, of a towering figure in German and European Romanticism: August Wilhelm Schlegel whose life, 1767 to 1845, coincided with its inexorable rise. As poet, translator, critic and oriental scholar, Schlegel's extraordinarily diverse interests and writings left a vast intellectual legacy, making him a foundational figure in several branches of knowledge. He was one of the last thinkers in Europe...
Author
Publisher
Open Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"By the time Frederich Schiller came to write the Wallenstein trilogy, his reputation as one of Germany's leading playwrights was all but secured. Consisting of Wallenstein's Camp, The Piccolomini and Wallenstein's Death, this suite of plays appeared between 1798 and 1799, each production under the original direction of Schiller's collaborator and mentor, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Across the three plays, which are now commonly performed and printed...
4) Maria Stuart
Author
Publisher
Open Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"Maria Stuart, described as Schiller's most perfect play, is a finely balanced, inventive account of the last day of the captive Queen of Scotland, caught up in a great contest for the throne of England after the death of Henry VIII and over the question of England's religious confession. Hope for and doubt about Mary's deliverance grow in the first two acts, given to the Scottish and the English queen respectively, reach crisis at the center of the...
Author
Publisher
Open Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"Schiller's play Kabale und Liebe, usually translated into English as Love and Intrigue, represents the disastrous consequences that follow when social constraint, youthful passion, and ruthless scheming collide in a narrow setting. Written between 1782 and 1784, the play bears the marks of life at the court of the despotic Duke of Württemberg, from which Schiller had just fled, and of a fraught liaison he entered shortly after his flight. It tells...
Publisher
De Gruyter Saur
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Kooperative Informationsinfrastrukturen als Chance und Herausforderung zu diesem Thema werden die Beiträge für die Festschrift für Thomas Bürger zum 65. Geburtstag zusammengestellt. Mehr als 40 Beiträge von renommierten Fachwissenschaftlern und Bibliothekaren geben einen aktuellen Überblick.