Ebook
The Piccolomini: A Play
Ebook · Sovereign
The Piccolomini: A Play
- Author
- Friedrich Schiller
- Series
- World Classics
- Language
- English
- Length
- 142 pages
- ISBN
- 9781787243279
- Published
- 24 September 2017
- Imprint
- Sovereign
- Schiller
- Weimar
- drama
- play
- aesthetics
- poetry
- epic
- romantic
- sophisticated
- philosophical
Description
In the second play of the Wallenstein trilogy the viewpoint changes from that of the ordinary soldiers to that of the commanders who, awaiting orders, meet in an encampment near Pilsen. Most of them prefer Prince Wallenstein to the emperor. The former has repeatedly ignored the latter's orders, which is why he has ordered the prince to cede part of his huge army. Unwilling, Wallenstein considers resignation and, to pressure the emperor into making peace, is secretly negotiating with the Swedish enemy.