LXXVIII. Friedrich Schiller

1759-1805. The more important work of Schiller falls without the limit set for this book. His contribution to the literature of revolution begins with the Robbers (1781), a fierce castigation of the social order, and ends with Cabal and Love (1784), which is the only family tragedy of that time that has survived on the stage. The dramatic genius which was to give Schiller the supreme place in the history of the German theater appears full-fledged in his early plays, not, however, his self-control, his wisdom, or his knowledge of human nature.