Friedrich Schiller
Germany's greatest dramatist after Goethe, Schiller wrote plays of passionate idealism exploring freedom, tyranny, and moral heroism. His early Storm and Stress works scandalized audiences with their revolutionary energy. He and Goethe formed the most celebrated literary friendship in German history.
Works
- Ode to JoyOde celebrating brotherhood, joy, and universal human unity
- The ArtistsPoem exploring art's role in refining human sensibility
- PoemsVerse collection of philosophical and celebratory themes
- WallensteinHistorical drama of intrigue, ambition, and military command
- Mary StuartTragic drama of passion, duty, and political ambition
- The RobbersStorm-and-stress drama of rebellion against tyranny
- William TellDrama of Swiss liberty and the triumph of freedom
- Don CarlosTragedy exploring love, duty, and political intrigue