Die Braut von Messina oder Die Feindlichen Bruder : Ein Trauerspiel mit Choeren (Paperback)

Introduction: 1. History of the play; 2. The text and its sources; 3. English translations; 4. Schiller's Braut von Messina in art; 5. Critical discussion; 6. The chorus in Schiller's drama; 7. Schiller's drama and ancient Greek tragedy; 8. Schiller's Braut von Messina and German literature; 9. The motif of 'the hostile brothers' in literature; 10. Metre and style; 11. Argument; Text; Notes; Appendix 1. Essay on the use of the chorus in tragedy; Appendix 2. Extracts from Schiller's correspondence on the drama; Appendix 3. Some parallel passages from Aeschylus, Schiller, and Goethe; Appendix 4. A fable of hyginus (xci); Appendix 5. Bibliography; Index to the notes.