Penthesilea

Name: Penthesilea
Author: Heinrich von Kleist

by Heinrich von Kleist

Mythological Amazon warrior's passionate desire destroys her enemies

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Heinrich von Kleist

Kleist's compressed, explosive dramas probe the limits of consciousness and moral certainty with a violence matched only by his prose fiction. He is now recognized as one of the most original dramatists in the German tradition.

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