First published 2022
This collection preserves the written exchanges between Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe during their most productive creative period. The correspondence reveals two brilliant minds wrestling with questions of art, philosophy, and human nature as they develop their major works. Schiller and Goethe debate aesthetic theory, share drafts of poems and plays, and offer each other encouragement through personal struggles. Their letters capture the excitement of intellectual discovery as they push each other toward new artistic heights. The exchanges show how their friendship transformed both writers, leading to some of the greatest achievements in German literature. These pages offer an intimate view of creative partnership at its finest.
Genres: classics, literary-fiction, historical-fiction, non-fiction, biography-memoir, 19th-century, german-literature, academic
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: epistolary, found-family
Setting: Germany
Period: 1794-1805
532 pages · Hardcover · Legare Street Press