《Penthesilea》(English spelling) Penthesilea

Japanese: 《Penthesilea》(英語表記)Penthesilea
《Penthesilea》(English spelling) Penthesilea

He soon left the military and devoted himself to studying law and philosophy in an attempt to become a civil servant, but neither lasted long, and he eventually decided to become a poet and embarked on a life of writing and wandering. Kleist's play The Schroffensteins (1803) was a masterpiece of German comedy, but his relationship with Goethe deteriorated over the failure of the Weimar premiere of The Broken Jug (1806), considered a masterpiece of German comedy, and his rejection of the tragedy Penthesilea (1808), which represents the pinnacle of Kleist's literature. As a result, his plays, such as Hermann's Battle (1808) and The Prince of Homburg (1810), with the exception of the romantic play Kötchen d'Heilbronn (1808), were not performed or published during his lifetime, and Kleist was ultimately unable to achieve his aspirations as a dramatic poet. The upheaval of the Napoleonic Wars made his life even more precarious and difficult.

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Japanese:

…まもなく軍務を捨て,官吏になろうとして法律を学んだり哲学の研究に没頭したりしたが,いずれも長続きせず,ついに詩人を志して創作と放浪の生活に入った。パリ,スイス,北イタリアそしてドイツ各地を転々としつつ,《シュロッフェンシュタイン家》(1803)などのすぐれた劇作で頭角を現すが,異常な才能への自負と強烈な名誉欲とをもって取り組んだ大作《ローベルト・ギスカールRobert Guiskard》はついに実現にいたらず,またドイツ喜劇の名作とされる《こわれ甕》(1806)のワイマール初演の失敗やクライスト文学の極北を示す悲劇《ペンテジレーアPenthesilea》(1808)の拒絶をめぐってゲーテとの関係が決定的にこじれたことも大いに影響して,ロマン的な劇《ハイルブロンのケートヒェン》(1808)を除く《ヘルマンの戦》(1808),《ホンブルクの公子》(1810)などの劇は生前公演も公刊もされず,クライストは劇詩人としても結局志を遂げることができなかった。ナポレオン戦争の激動が彼の生活をいっそう不安定かつ困難なものにした。…

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