Books by Friedrich Schiller

'The artist is certainly the child of his age, but all the worse for him if he is at the same time its pupil, even worse its minion.'On the Aesthetic Education of Man is one of the most profound works of German philosophy, in which Friedrich Schiller analyses politics, revolution and the history of ideas to define the relationship between beauty and art. Resulting from Schiller's deep disillusionment with the course of the French Revolution and expressed as a series of letters to a patron, On the Aesthetic Education of Man is an impassioned attempt to drag mankind upwards from failure to greatness through placing ideas of aesthetic education at the heart of the human experience: 'Our era has actually taken both wrong turnings, and has fallen prey to coarseness on the one path, lethargy and perversity on the other. Having strayed along both paths, it is beauty that can lead [us] back.' Schiller's arguments are as arresting, challenging and inspiring today as when they were first written - it is above all one of the great political statements from a time of revolutionary change.

Originally published in 1913, this book contains the German text of Schiller's tragedy Die Braut von Messina, which caused controversy at its debut for its incorporation of a variety of tropes from ancient theatre. Breul includes a long introduction on the history and reception of the play and its relationship with classical drama.

Originally published in 1896, 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.

Schiller's masterpiece of power and politics in a new version by Mike Poulton (Morte D'Arthur, Don Carlos) explores the battle between honour and corruption, between truth and betrayal. This new version debuted at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in 2011.

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller ranks as one of the greatest figures in European drama and literature.

The third in a series of Schiller plays in the acclaimed translations of Robert David MacDonald. This volume includes MacDonald's translation of Schiller's vast, fascinating final play "William Tell", with its uplifting republican message.

"MacDonalddid more that anyone to rescue Schiller from British neglect" - The Guardian

This dramatic story recounts Mary, Queen of Scots's remaining days held captive in Fotheringay Castle. In scenes alternating between Mary's prison and Elizabeth's court at Westminster, Schiller's play gradually builds a compelling picture of a tragic heroine rising above her suffering to gain in insight and spiritual depth. In contrast Elizabeth, in turmoil over the correct course of action for her country and trapped by the cruel demands of Realpolitik, can achieve worldly victory only at a terrible moral cost. Culminating in a fictitious meeting of the two women, Mary Stuart is a dramatic meditation on the nature of political power, but also a deeply moving human tragedy that captures the emotional essence of complex events.

The second in a series of Schiller plays in the acclaimed translations of Robert David MacDonald. This volume contains a popular Schiller's play, "Don Carlos" - in which the young Don Carlos is locked in a life and death struggle with his father, Philip II of Spain.

Play from Schiller, translated into English for the stage by Robert David MacDonald. The plot revolves around the conflict between two aristocratic brothers, Karl and Franz Moor. The charismatic but rebellious student Karl is deeply loved by his father.

Einer der größten Werke der „klassischen" deutschen Literatur und zugleich einer der meistgefürchteten Schullektüren. Hier in der Nacherzählung von Barbara Kindermann. Und so mancher dürfte beim Hören verblüfft feststellen: Es ist ein Werk, der sich ihren herausgehobenen Status bis heute durchaus zu Recht bewahrt haben. Ein Werk zugleich, der sich leider allzu vielen verschließen, weil sich ihnen der zeitgemäße Zugang nicht eröffnet. Dieses Hörbuch liefert endlich Abhilfe: Die Nacherzählung zeigt, wie spannend, unterhaltsam und zugleich aktuell und gedankentief der Klassiker tatsächlich ist. Ein herrliches Hörbuch für Jung und Alt, von Hans Eckardt sehr lebendig, ausdrucksstark und geistreich gelesen – so macht große Weltliteratur für alle Generationen nicht nur Spaß, sondern erschließt sich in ihrer bewegenden Tiefe auch für jedermannFriedrich Schiller, geboren am 10. November 1759 in Marbach am Neckar in Wunsiedel und gestorben am 9. Mai 1805 in Weimar, war ein deutscher Dichter, Schriftsteller, Historiker und Dramatiker. Schillers Werk ist äußerst umfangreich und vielseitig. Er gilt neben Wieland, Goethe und Herder zu den wesentlichen Vertretern der Weimarer Klassik. Seine Dramen und Balladen zählen zu den bekanntesten Werken in deutscher Sprache.