Mary Stuart - Couverture souple

Schiller, Friedrich

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0486415945 ISBN 13 : 9780486415949

Editeur : Dover Publications Inc., 2001

Synopsis

Book by Schiller Friedrich

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Schiller was profoundly shaken by the failure of the French Revolution and devoted many of his greatest works to debating the true nature of freedom. Here, in scenes alternating between the palace of Westminster and the prison at Fotheringhay, he shows us a captive heroine rising above her suffering to gain in insight and spiritual depth. The deceitful and indecisive Elizabeth, trapped by the cruel demands of Realpolitik, can achieve worldly victory only at a terrible moral cost.

Schiller's early plays are full of violent actions and language, but he later adopted a far more restrained and formal style to try and capture the emotional essence of complex events. Perhaps more than any of his other tragedies, Mary Stuart achieves a perfect balance between the "classical," "Shakespearean," and "romantic" elements of his genius.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Many have told the tragic tale of Mary Queen of Scots - it is irresistible - but none more powerfully than Friedrich Schiller. Like Mary Stuart herself and the legends which pursued her to her death, Schiller's drama continues to captivate the modern imagination nearly two centuries later. Eric Bentley's lean, forceful rendering of the German masterpiece will command the attention of theatre audiences for years to come.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Dover Publications Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0486415945
• ISBN 13: 9780486415949
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128