Schiller's Wallenstein, Maria Stuart, and Die Jungfrau Von Orleans
Schiller's Wallenstein, Maria Stuart, and Die Jungfrau Von Orleans

Author: Kathy Jo Saranpa

Publisher: Camden House

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9781571131553

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Katherine Saranpa provides an overview of Schiller reception in the context of radical shifts in historical thought. The juxtaposition of three strands, which Saranpa covers, will interest scholars of German literature.

Historical Dictionary of German Literature to 1945
Historical Dictionary of German Literature to 1945

Author: William Grange

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2010-12-18

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 0810875195

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The history of this period in German literature is told through a detailed chronology, an introductory essay, a comprehensive bibliography, and over 200 cross-referenced dictionary entries on poetry, novels, historical narrative, philosophical musings, drama, and the exceptional writers who emerged and shaped German literature over the centuries.

The Albigenses, Works of Charles Robert Maturin, Vol. 6
The Albigenses, Works of Charles Robert Maturin, Vol. 6

Author: Charles Robert Maturin

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-04-13

Total Pages: 742

ISBN-13: 1387063413

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Charles Robert Maturin's last novel, The Albigenses (1824), a historical romance of the early 13th century, is a rich tale of the conflict between the Catholic church and the Albigenses, a heretical sect centered in Languedoc. Its historical background does little to inhibit Maturin's strong penchant for extravagant scenes of violence, horror, and vivid evocations of nature at its least benign. His many characters people a well-plotted story of impressive density-the heroine, Genevieve, kind hearted, bold, true to her creed; the ruthless bishop of Toulouse; churchmen and women, of varying degrees of piety; maniacal harridans, formidable outlaws, and knights in armor. The Albigenses received, in general, better reviews than most of his other works, mainly because of its relatively reduced emphasis on blasphemous doings, but the reputation of Melmoth the Wanderer soon overshadowed it. This new edition of The Albigenses aspires to renew interest in the Irish master's final elaborate and engrossing tale.

Blood on the Stage, 1600 to 1800
Blood on the Stage, 1600 to 1800

Author: Amnon Kabatchnik

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2017-08-14

Total Pages: 830

ISBN-13: 1538106167

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This volume examines the key representations of transgression drama produced between 1600 and 1800. Arranged in chronological order, the entries consist of plot summary (often including significant dialogue), performance data (if available), opinions by critics and scholars, and other features.

Historical Dictionary of German Theater
Historical Dictionary of German Theater

Author: William Grange

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2015-06-17

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 1442250208

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The German-language theater is one of the most vibrant and generously endowed of any in the world. It boasts long and honored traditions that include world-renowned plays, playwrights, actors, directors, and designers, and several German theater artists have had an enormous impact on theater practice around the globe. Students continue to study German plays in dozens of languages, and every year scores of German plays are produced in a wide variety of non-German venues. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of German Theater covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on directors, designers, producers, and movements such as Regietheater, “post-dramatic” approaches to theater production, the freie Szene of independent, non-subsidized groups, the role of increasingly massive government subsidies, and cities whose reputations as centers of innovation and excellence that have made the German-language theater one of the most vibrant anywhere on earth. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about German Theater.

German Classical Drama
German Classical Drama

Author: F. J. Lamport

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780521428286

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This historical and critical survey of German drama in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries provides an introduction to major authors and works from Lessing, through Goethe, Schiller and Weimar Classicism, to Kleist, Grillparzer and Hebbel. F.J. Lamport traces the rise and development in the German-speaking world of the last form of "classical" poetic drama to appear in European literature. This development is seen as reflecting the intellectual and political ferment both within Germany and throughout Europe.