Schiller and Hoffmann: The Supernatural and the Sinister

While Friedrich Schiller was a paragon of optimism, E.T.A. Hoffmann saw a darker side of human nature. To help us explore these two writers, Rabbi Rocklin will address the following questions:

1. Why does tyranny feature so prominently in Schiller's early writings?
2. Why was Schiller concerned with the general rejection of mythology and imagination that he perceived in society?
3. In what way did Hoffmann lay the groundwork for the detective novels that would become popular in the nineteenth century?

Recommended Reading: Schiller, Friedrich. "Ode to Joy."
Schiller. "The Power of Song."
Schiller. "The Gods of Greece."

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