Patrons CHRISTIAN W. FEIGENSPAN CHARLES FROEB HENRY JANSSEN MRS. F. A. MUSCHENHEIM CARL F. STIEFEL LUDWIG VOGELSTEIN THE GERMANIC REVIEW VOL. II-JANUARY 1927 - No. I IN WALLENSTEIN AND PRINZ FRIEDRICH BY JOHN C. BLANKENAGEL his edition of Heinrich von Kleist's works1 Erich Schmidt lists a number of parallels between Prinz Friedrich von Homburg and Schiller's Wallenstein. Although some of these parallels are quoted, most of them are merely referred to by line. In no instance does Erich Schmidt proceed from quotation and enumeration of lines to interpretation and analysis; instead, he refers to a treatise on this subject by Johannes Niejahr.2 Niejahr's study does not pretend to be an exhaustive presentation of such a relationship. It was followed nine years later, in 1902, by W. Holzgraefe's more detailed investigation of Schiller's influence upon Kleist. Holzgraefe concludes that of all of Schiller's works, Wallenstein produced the most enduring impression on Kleist. He distinguishes (p. 15) between the type of influence exerted by Wallenstein on Die Familie Schroffenstein-an influence in matters of detail-and that which manifests itself in Prinz Friedrich von Homburg in a broader way, in the general atmosphere, in situations and in motifs. Holzgraefe analyzes some points of similarity between the characters of Schiller's tragedy and of Kleist's Prinz Friedrich von Homburg, but cites (p. 20) only a few incidental resemblances between Wallenstein and the prince-elector. The edition of Kleist's Prinz Friedrich von Homburg by John Scholte Nollen contains an extended list of parallels between this drama and other 1 H. v. Kleists Werke (Leipzig und Wien: Bibliographisches Institut, 1904-05), III, 428 f. 2" H. v. Kleists Prinz von Homburg und Hermannsschlacht." Vierteljahrschrift für Literaturgeschichte, VI, 409 f. * Schillersche Einflüsse bei H. v. Kleist. Progr. (Cuxhaven: Rauschenplat). Ginn & Co., 1903. |