Works of Schiller (6 volumes)

Author: (German) Schiller
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death of the great German writer Friedrich Schiller, the People's Literature Publishing House published the Chinese edition of the Collected Works of Schiller. Schiller's works are filled with an uplifting idealism and humanism, celebrating the freedom and dignity of humanity, and hold an important position in the history of world literature and thought. The Chinese edition of the collection was selected and edited by Zhang Yushu, with the collaboration of senior translators such as Qian Chunqi, Zhang Penggao, Zhu Yanbing, and Zhang Jiajue. Most of the works are newly translated, while unfinished works like Demetrius are translated for the first time. The translations refer to carefully collated and extensively annotated German editions. The collection consists of six volumes, totaling two million words. Volume one includes poetry and prose; volumes two to five contain eleven plays such as Robbers, Fiesco's Conspiracy, Conspiracy and Love, Don Carlos, Wallenstein, Maria Stuart, The Maid of Orleans, Turandot, The Bride of Messina, William Tell, and Demetrius; volume six includes theoretical works such as Letters on the Aesthetic Education of Man.