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| Title | : | Die Räuber |
| Author | : | Friedrich Schiller |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 176 pages |
| Published | : | 1986 by Reclam (first published 1781) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Plays. European Literature. German Literature. Drama. Fiction. Academic. School |
Friedrich Schiller
Paperback | Pages: 176 pages Rating: 3.57 | 7074 Users | 155 Reviews
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Mit seinem 1781 erschienenen leidenschaftlichen Drama der Selbtstzerstörung einer Familie machte Schiller bei der Uraufführung am Mannheimer Nationaltheater 1782 Sensation. Fortan galt er den Zeitgenossen als ein deutscher Shakespeare. Die Themen und Motive des Sturm-und-Drang-Stücks blieben für Schiller bis zu seinen letzen klassischen Werken verbindlich und haben bis heute nichts von ihrer Faszination verloren.Point Books In Pursuance Of Die Räuber
| Original Title: | Die Räuber |
| ISBN: | 3150000157 (ISBN13: 9783150000151) |
| Edition Language: | German |
| Characters: | Daniel Foster, Franz Moor, Karl Moor, Maximilian Moor, Amalia von Edelreich, Spiegelberg, Schweizer, Schufterle, Roller, Grimm, Razmann, Kosinsky, Schwarz, Pastor Moser, Hermann |
| Setting: | Germany |
Rating Containing Books Die Räuber
Ratings: 3.57 From 7074 Users | 155 ReviewsDiscuss Containing Books Die Räuber
"Be what thou wilt, thou undefined futurity, so I remain true to myself. Be what thou wilt, so I but take this inward self hence with me. External forms are but the trapping of the man. My heaven and my hell is within." Uneven to say the least - brilliant moments punctuate an unfathomable plot. My first steps into Herr Schiller... onwards!ACT I : everybody lies ACT II : everybody cries ACT III : everybody fights ACT IV : everybody panics ACT V : everybody dies gotta love German literature
Pretty sure this work was much better when it was released, and I would assume it is better if it is played in the theater.Somehow it just doesn't connect with today's reader, or at least me.There are nice themes and plot is good, it has all elements of good tragedy. Short, good, nothing too special.
You go in for a mild-mannered classic and get something that intense. There are two scenes that shook me, enough to feel physically uncomfortable, to have to put down the book for a moment: Spiegelberg talking about the sacking of the Abbey in 2nd act, 3rd scene and Franz forcing old Daniel to promise him to kill "the count" in 4th act, 2nd scne. There is so much sickening unmitigated cruelty in both and both make so much sense in the context and for the characters ... Not easy to read, not at
This is what happens when someone with the word-power of one of the best of the best has a go at letting fly at a young age. You get the tidal wave, this sledge-hammer, this avalanche of feeling and injustice and raw emotion that Die Räuber is. Loved it when I was eighteen and preparing my final matric exams, loved it now that I reread it since my son chose it for his own final matric exams. Who cares if you he has to take a number of crazy short-cuts in the end the power of the speeches is so
ACT I : everybody lies ACT II : everybody cries ACT III : everybody fights ACT IV : everybody panics ACT V : everybody dies gotta love German literature
This is what happens when someone with the word-power of one of the best of the best has a go at letting fly at a young age. You get the tidal wave, this sledge-hammer, this avalanche of feeling and injustice and raw emotion that Die Räuber is. Loved it when I was eighteen and preparing my final matric exams, loved it now that I reread it since my son chose it for his own final matric exams. Who cares if you he has to take a number of crazy short-cuts in the end the power of the speeches is so
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