Gohlis--Schiller and Körner--An enthusiastic letter-- Körner's helpfulness--With the new friends in Dresden --Influence of Körner -- A poetic 'Petition' -- The 'Song to Joy'--Contributions to the Thalia--Quick- ened interest in history--Letters of Julius and Raphael --'The Ghostseer' begun--Unwillingness to leave Dresden--A dramatic skit--Affair with Henriette von Arnim--From Dresden to Weimar 156
CHAPTER IX Don Carlos
Poetic merit of 'Don Carlos'--Its slow genesis--Schiller's explanation--St. Réal's 'Dom Carlos'--The original plan--Ripening influences--Decision in favor of verse --Change of attitude toward Carlos and Philip--Influ- ence of Körner--Completion of the play--Character of Prince Carlos--The Marquis of Posa--Posa and the king--Posa's heroics in the last two acts--Character of Philip--General estimate 176
CHAPTER X Enchored in Thuringia
Weimar in Schiller's time--Renewal of relations with Char- lotte von Kalb--First meeting with Herder and Wie- land--Visit to Jena--Pleased with Weimar--New liter- ary pursuits--Visit to Meiningen and introduction to the Lengefeld family--Charlotte von Lengefeld--A summer idyl--Awakening interest in the Greeks--First meeting with Goethe--Appointed professor at Jena-- Bitterness toward Goethe--Love, betrothal and mar- riage--'The Gods of Greece'--'The Artists'--'The Ghostseer'--The 'Letters on Don Carlos'--Review of 'Egmont'--'The Misanthrope' -- Translations from Euripides and other minor writings 201
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Publication Information: Book Title: The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller. Contributors: Calvin Thomas - author. Publisher: Henry Holt. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1904. Page Number: xii.
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