Davies (German, U. of Bristol) examines the influence of Friedrich Schiller's play Wallenstein (1798-99) not only in subsequent literature, but also in historical accounts of Bohemian general
Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583-1634), who gained many victories during the Thirty Years War, but was eventually executed for treason. Throughout the long 19th century, he says, the heroic and
tragic figure of Wallenstein became iconic in the construction of German identity, and much of the reason was because of the popularity of the play and the diffusion of its images throughout
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