Table of Contents

Acknowledgments; Chronology; Note on text references; Introduction; 1. Württemberg and Die Räuber; 2. Mannheim: Fiesco and Kabale und Liebe; 3. Early philosophy and poetry; 4. Don Carlos; 5. Weimar and Jena 1787–1792; 6. The sublime and the beautiful; 7. Aesthetic education; 8. On the 'naive' and the 'sentimental'; 9. The later poetry; 10. Wallenstein; 11. Weimar: the later dramas; 12. Schiller and his public; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Schiller's works; General index.

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Lesley Sharpe assesses Schiller's development as a dramatist, poet and thinker against the background of his life.

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"A scholar of broad intellectual range and critical acumen, she [Sharpe] does not only do full justice to her subject's complexities, but also offers a clearly delineated evaluation of the poet's works. Elegantly written..." Monatshefte "...sensible full-scale study of Schiller's work, the first to appear in English for more than 40 years." Times Higher Education Supplement |x x "Sharpe's interpretation of Schiller's plays in interesting and commendable...this is a fine work of scholarship." Denny McClelland