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The German Classics, Volume 3

Item:

German Classics Book

Title:

The German Classics: Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. Volume 3

Author:

Friedrich von Schiller

Editor:

Kuno Francke

Printer:

The German Publication Society

Place of Printing:

New York

Date of Printing:

1913

Format:

Octavo

Language:

 

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Author and Commentators

Friedrich von Schiller

Kuno Francke (1855-1930). German-born educator and historian. He was a professor at Harvard.

The Book

Volume 3 contains poems, dramas and correspondence by Friedrick von Schiller.

Contents

Life of Schiller. By Calvin Thomas

POEMS

• To the Ideal
• The Veiled Image at Sais
• The Ideal and The Actual Life
• Genius
• Votive Tablets (Selections)
• The Maiden from Afar
• The Glove
• The Diver
• The Cranes of Ibycus
• Thee Words of Belief
• The Words of Error
• The Lay of the Bell
• The German Art
• Commencement of the New Century
• Cassandra
• Rudolph of Hapsburg.

DRAMAS

• Introduction to Wallenstein's Death. By William H. Carruth
• The Death of Wallenstein. Translated by S. T. Coleridge
• Introduction to William Tell. By William H. Carruth
• William Tell. Translated by Sir Theodore Martin, K.C.B.
• Homage of the Arts. Translated by A. I. du P. Coleman.

HISTORY AND LITERATURE

• The Thirty Years' War--Last Campaigns of Gustavus Adolphus. Translated by Rev. A. J. W. Morrison
• On the Use of the Chorus in Tragedy. Translated by A. Lodge
• Schiller's Correspondence with Goethe. Translated by L. Dora Schmitz

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