Friedrich Schiller

The Ghost-Seer

Übersetzung:Brown, Andrew

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Produktbeschreibung

The brooding, introverted Count von O- arrives in Venice during the carnival in order to escape from his duties and live incognito. But after encountering an enigmatic Armenian stranger who makes an uncanny pronouncement, a bizarre chain of events unfolds, involving a Jesuit secret society, a ghostly seance and a mysterious Sicilian magician - leading the Count to question his faith and morality.First serialized in 1787-89, this multilayered, fragmentary novel - which gave Friedrich Schiller a platform to expound his Enlightenment ideas on society and religion - has thrilled and engaged lovers of Gothic literature for over two centuries.

Produktdetails

• Alma Classics Gothic
• Verlag: Alma Classics / Bloomsbury Trade
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 413533
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 126mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 143g
• ISBN-13: 9781847497581
• ISBN-10: 1847497586
• Artikelnr.: 52464472

Autorenporträt

The German poet, playwright, philosopher and historian Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) was, along with Goethe, the leading figure of the Weimar Classicism movement, which combined elements of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Classicism.

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Rezensionen

Frederick von Schiller was something more than a great author; he was also in an eminent sense a great man; and his works are not more worthy of being studied for their singular force and originality than his moral character for its nobility and aspiring grandeur. Thomas De Quincey