Schiller, Friedrich von (1759-1805), alemão:Poemas Filosóficos (1785);
Don Carlos (1787);
Wallenstein (1796);
Maria Stuart (1799).
The poet, dramatist, philosopher, and historian Friedrich Schiller stands with Goethe at the forefront of German literature. His writings, particularly his tragedies, represent the full flowering of the classic tradition in 18th-century Germany. The overriding theme in Schiller's work is liberty and dignity for all, and the skill of his rhetoric--its vigor and power to inspire an audience with these lofty ideals--has rarely been surpassed in dramatic literature. Among his masterpieces are WILLIAM TELL, a drama that epitomizes the struggle of the oppressed for freedom, and the Ode to Joy (1785; Eng. trans., 1911), later immortalized by Beethoven in his Ninth Symphony.
