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One of European theatre's major plays, Schiller's masterpiece
hinges on a brilliantly imagined meeting between Mary, Queen of
Scots - focus of simmering Catholic dissent and her cousin
Elizabeth, Queen of England, who has imprisoned her. Isolated by
their duplicitous male courtiers, the women collide headlong, each
wrestling with the rank, ambition and destiny their births have
bestowed, against a thrilling background of intrigue, plot and
counter-plot. David Harrower's version of Mary Stuart premiered at
the Citizen's Theatre, Glasgow, in October 2006.
A classic of 18th-century thought, Schiller's treatise on the role
of art in society ranks among German philosophy's most profound
works. An important contribution to the history of ideas, it
employs a political analysis of contemporary society -- and of the
French Revolution, in particular -- to define the relationship
between beauty and art. Schiller's proposal of art as fundamental
to the development of society and the individual remains an
influential concept, and this volume offers his philosophy's
clearest, most relevant expression.
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The Ghost-Seer (Paperback)
Friedrich Schiller; Translated by Andrew Brown
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The brooding, introverted Count von O- arrives in Venice during the
carnival in order to escape from his duties and live incognito. But
after encountering a enigmatic Armenian stranger who makes an
uncanny pronouncement, a bizarre chain of events unfolds, involving
a Jesuit secret society, a ghostly seance and a mysterious Sicilian
magician - leading the Count to question his faith and morality.
First serialized in 1787-89, this multilayered, fragmentary novel -
which gave Friedrich Schiller a platform to expound his
Enlightenment ideas on society and religion - has thrilled and
engaged lovers of Gothic literature for over two centuries.
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Der Geisterseher
Friedrich Schiller
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Der Geisterseher
Friedrich Schiller
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