Download or read book Thomas Carlyle's Life of Friedrich Schiller written by Thomas Carlyle and published by Studies in German Literature L. This book was released on 1992 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Valuable for its insights into Schiller's life and for Carlyle's peculiar relationship to Schiller and German literature in general. Carlyle's biography of Schiller is still valuable, both for its insights into Schiller's life and for Carlyle's peculiar relationship to Schiller and German literature in general. In an age that has, by and large, forgotten the great idealist poet, this earliest biography provides good reason for a reacquaintance with a noble personality and distinguished achievement.