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| The German poet, Schiller, was enchanted by the thick walls of the Landštejn castle and laid the scene of his play "The Robbers" in the surrounding forests. | The German poet, Schiller, was enchanted by the thick walls of the Landštejn castle and laid the scene of his play "The Robbers" in the surrounding forests. | ||
| - | [[Colin Wilson]] in the chapter "The Romantic Outsider" in his extended essay on existentialism ''[[The Outsider]]'' says that "Nietzsche quotes somewhere a German military as saying "If God had foreseen the ''Robbers'' he would not have created the world."" It should come as no surprise than that in 1781, Friedrich Schiller is arrested after the first performance of his play, ''The Robbers''. This illustrates the subversive nature of the Romantic movement. | + | [[Colin Wilson]] in the chapter "The Romantic Outsider" in his extended essay on existentialism ''[[The Outsider]]'' says that "Nietzsche quotes somewhere a German military as saying "If God had foreseen the ''Robbers'' he would not have created the world."" It should come as no surprise than that in 1781, Friedrich Schiller is arrested after the first performance of his play, ''[[The Robbers]]''. This illustrates the subversive nature of the Romantic movement. |
| - | + | The Robbers is considered by critics like [[Peter Brooks]] to be the first European [[melodrama]]. The play pits two brothers against each other in alternating scenes as one quests for money and power, while the other attempts to create a revolutionary anarchy in the Bohemian Forest. The play strongly critiques the hypocrisy of class and religion, the economic inequities of German society, and conducts a complicated inquiry into the nature of evil. The language of ''The Robbers'' is highly emotional and the depiction of physical violence in the play marks it as a quintessential work of Germany's [[Storm and Stress]] movement (Sturm und Drang). | |
| - | The Robbers is considered by critics like Peter Brooks to be the first European melodrama. The play pits two brothers against each other in alternating scenes as one quests for money and power, while the other attempts to create a revolutionary anarchy in the Bohemian Forest. The play strongly critiques the hypocrisy of class and religion, the economic inequities of German society, and conducts a complicated inquiry into the nature of evil. The language of The Robbers is highly emotional and the depiction of physical violence in the play marks it as a quintessential work of Germany's Storm and Stress movement (Sturm und Drang). | + | |
| Colin Wilson seems to imply that romanticism was born in Germany rather than England as is sometimes believed. From ''[[The Outsider]]'': | Colin Wilson seems to imply that romanticism was born in Germany rather than England as is sometimes believed. From ''[[The Outsider]]'': | ||
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The German poet, Schiller, was enchanted by the thick walls of the Landštejn castle and laid the scene of his play "The Robbers" in the surrounding forests.
Colin Wilson in the chapter "The Romantic Outsider" in his extended essay on existentialism The Outsider says that "Nietzsche quotes somewhere a German military as saying "If God had foreseen the Robbers he would not have created the world."" It should come as no surprise than that in 1781, Friedrich Schiller is arrested after the first performance of his play, The Robbers. This illustrates the subversive nature of the Romantic movement.
The Robbers is considered by critics like Peter Brooks to be the first European melodrama. The play pits two brothers against each other in alternating scenes as one quests for money and power, while the other attempts to create a revolutionary anarchy in the Bohemian Forest. The play strongly critiques the hypocrisy of class and religion, the economic inequities of German society, and conducts a complicated inquiry into the nature of evil. The language of The Robbers is highly emotional and the depiction of physical violence in the play marks it as a quintessential work of Germany's Storm and Stress movement (Sturm und Drang).
Colin Wilson seems to imply that romanticism was born in Germany rather than England as is sometimes believed. From The Outsider:
"In England, German romanticism was introduced when Coleridge translated Schiller and Byron published Childe Harold (1812 - 1818)."
