Friedrich Schiller: References & Edit History

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For detailed bibliographical information, see Wolfgang Vulpius, Schiller-Bibliographie, 18931958 (1959); and R. Pick (comp.), “Schiller in England, 1787–1960: A Bibliography,” Publications of the English Goethe Society, vol. 30 (1961). Two of the principal modern editions of Schiller’s works are the centenary edition, the Säkular-Ausgabe, ed. by Eduard von der Hellen, 16 vol. (1904–05); and the Horenausgabe, ed. by C. Schuddekopf and C. Hofer, 22 vol. (1910–26), which presents Schiller’s oeuvre, including most of his letters, in chronological order. Schiller’s style does not readily lend itself to translation into English; most of the existing English versions of his works do not rise above mediocrity. Wallenstein is the outstanding exception: Die Piccolomini and Wallensteins Tod were translated by Coleridge, at a time when the poet, who had just returned from his visit to Germany, was still at the height of his powers. Among later contributions, a translation of the letters On the Aesthetic Education of Man by E.M. Wilkinson and L.A. Willoughby (1967, with elaborate commentary), deserves to be specially mentioned.

Of the many biographies, see Thomas Carlyle, Life of Friedrich Schiller (1825), the earliest monograph on Schiller of any lasting value; Jakob Minor, Schiller, 2 vol. (1890); Karl Berger, Schiller, 2 vol. (1905–09); Herbert Cysarz, Schiller (1934); William Witte, Schiller (1949); Melitta Gerhard, Schiller (1950); Reinhard Buchwald, Schiller, 2 vol., rev. ed. (1953–54); Bernhard Zeller, Schiller, eine Bildbiographie (1958), richly illustrated; Gerhard Storz, Der Dichter Friedrich Schiller (1959); Benno von Wiese, Schiller (1959); Emil Staiger, Friedrich Schiller (1967); and Charles E. Passage, Friedrich Schiller (1975). The biographies by Carlyle, Witte, and Passage are in English; all others are in German. Other biographical studies in English include T.J. Reed, Schiller (1991); and Lesley Sharpe, Friedrich Schiller: Drama, Thought, and Politics (1991, reissued 2006).

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First paragraph modernization. Apr 05, 2024
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Add new Web site: All Poetry - Biography of Friedrich von Schiller. Dec 21, 2023
Add new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Friedrich Schiller. Oct 23, 2023
Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." Nov 15, 2017
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Friedrich von Schiller. May 21, 2015
Add new Web site: The European Graduate School - Biography of Friedrich Schiller. Oct 05, 2012
Add new Web site: Pegasos - Biography of Friedrich von Schiller. Aug 05, 2012
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Friedrich von Schiller. Aug 05, 2012
Changed title from Friedrich von Schiller to Friedrich Schiller. Nov 04, 2010
Added photograph. Nov 04, 2010
Added new Web site: Theatre Database - Biography of Friedrich Schiller. Sep 30, 2008
Bibliography revised. May 31, 2007
Article revised and updated. May 31, 2007
Article revised and updated. Apr 09, 2007
Added new Web site: Virginia Commonwealth University - 19th-Century German Stories. Jun 14, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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