Greek Antiquity in Schiller's "Wallenstein"
Berns, Gisela N.
Greek Antiquity in Schiller's "Wallenstein" - Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press 1985 - 1 electronic resource (168 p.)
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An exploration of the poetic function of Greek archetypes in Schiller's "Wallenstein", this study claims Homer's "Iliad" and Euripides's "Iphigenia in Aulis", the first epic and the last tragic poem about the Trojan War in the Greek tradition, as archetypal sources for Schiller's modern historical drama about the Thirty Years War. In close comparison with Voss's translation of the "Iliad" and Schiller's own translation of "Iphigenia in Aulis", Berns shows how "Wallenstein" compounds echoes of Homeric and Euripidean characters and plots to create a rich horizon of mythical overtones above and beyond the historical world.
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English
9781469656694_Berns
10.5149/9781469656694_Berns doi
Historical fiction
German studies Literature Theatre and Drama
Greek Antiquity in Schiller's "Wallenstein" - Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press 1985 - 1 electronic resource (168 p.)
Open Access
An exploration of the poetic function of Greek archetypes in Schiller's "Wallenstein", this study claims Homer's "Iliad" and Euripides's "Iphigenia in Aulis", the first epic and the last tragic poem about the Trojan War in the Greek tradition, as archetypal sources for Schiller's modern historical drama about the Thirty Years War. In close comparison with Voss's translation of the "Iliad" and Schiller's own translation of "Iphigenia in Aulis", Berns shows how "Wallenstein" compounds echoes of Homeric and Euripidean characters and plots to create a rich horizon of mythical overtones above and beyond the historical world.
Creative Commons
English
9781469656694_Berns
10.5149/9781469656694_Berns doi
Historical fiction
German studies Literature Theatre and Drama