The Maid of Orleans

The book explores the complex friendship between Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe during the last seventeen years of Schiller's life. Their discussions on aesthetics and collaboration on the satirical poem collection Xenien significantly influenced the cultural movement known as Weimar Classicism. Through this partnership, Schiller not only encouraged Goethe to complete unfinished works but also engaged in philosophical debates that shaped their artistic legacies.