Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist
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"Penthesilea" by Heinrich von Kleist is a tragedy written in 1808. The play reimagines the mythological Amazon queen who enters the Trojan War to capture Greek warriors as potential husbands—a sacred Amazon tradition. When Penthesilea and the hero Achilles meet on the battlefield, they fall passionately in love. But their mutual desire collides violently with Amazon law, which demands that warriors defeat men in combat before claiming them. A devastating misunderstanding transforms
love into fury, leading to a shocking climax that explores the dangerous boundary between passion and destruction. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Kleist, Heinrich von, 1777-1811 |
|---|---|
| Title | Penthesilea |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penthesilea_(Kleist) |
| Credits | Thanks are given to Delphine Lettau for finding a huge collection of ancient German books in London |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 83.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Penthesilea, Queen of the Amazons -- Drama |
| Subject | Kings and rulers -- Drama |
| Subject | Achilles (Mythological character) -- Drama |
| Subject | Verse drama |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 6648 |
| Release Date | Oct 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Dec 29, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 477 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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