Friedrich Schiller, Die Jungfrau von Orleans [The Maid of Orleans]

Jeffrey L. High (California State University, Long Beach); Rebecca Stewart (Harvard University)

Ed. by Jill E. Twark, East Carolina University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.4.1: German-language Writing and Culture: Germany, 500-present.
Vol. editors: Gerhard P. Knapp (University of Utah), Jennifer Marston William (Purdue University), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jill E. Twark (East Carolina University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1801

Places

Germany (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Play

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Die Jungfrau von Orleans. Eine romantische Tragödie [The Maid of Orleans: A Romantic Tragedy, completed/premiered 1801, published 1802] is Johann Christoph Friedrich Schiller’s (1759–1805) dramatic adaptation of the legendary history of French liberation hero Joan of Arc. Die Jungfrau von Orleans is the third of five dramas completed in the final six years of Schiller’s life (Wallenstein, 1798/1799; Maria Stuart, 1800; Die Jungfrau von Orleans, 1802; Die Braut von Messina [The Bride of Messina, 1803]; and Wilhelm Tell, 1804). Die Jungfrau von Orleans premiered on 11 September 1801 in Leipzig to great …

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Citation: High, Jeffrey L., Rebecca Stewart. "Die Jungfrau von Orleans". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 May 2018 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=11150, accessed 04 May 2024.]

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