Die Braut Von Messina Oder Die Feindlichen Bruder - Ein Trauerspiel Mit Choeren

Originally published in 1913, this book contains the German text of Schiller's tragedy Die Braut von Messina.

List of contents

Introduction: 1. History of the play; 2. The text and its sources; 3. English translations; 4. Schiller's Braut von Messina in art; 5. Critical discussion; 6. The chorus in Schiller's drama; 7. Schiller's drama and ancient Greek tragedy; 8. Schiller's Braut von Messina and German literature; 9. The motif of 'the hostile brothers' in literature; 10. Metre and style; 11. Argument; Text; Notes; Appendix 1. Essay on the use of the chorus in tragedy; Appendix 2. Extracts from Schiller's correspondence on the drama; Appendix 3. Some parallel passages from Aeschylus, Schiller, and Goethe; Appendix 4. A fable of hyginus (xci); Appendix 5. Bibliography; Index to the notes.

Product details

• Authors: Friedrich Schiller, Schiller Friedrich
• Assisted by: Karl Breul (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.05.2014
• EAN: 9781107649637
• ISBN: 978-1-107-64963-7
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, Literary studies: general