Ebook: Friedrich Hebbels Arbeit an Schiller: Die Schiller-Rezeption in Hebbels Ästhetik und Dramatik

The dramatic works of Hebbel, who in the final year of his life received the first Schiller Prize ever awarded, were the result of a continuous engagement with Schiller’s work. This engagement was by no means one-sided. Hebbel’s reception of Schiller is marked by a fascinating ambivalence that moves between critique and appropriation. It appears that even when (or especially if) one tries to write against someone, one ends up writing with them.