Wilhelm Tell: A Drama

Excerpt from Wilhelm Tell: A DramaI have not, however, confined myself to the explanation of the linguistic difficulties only, but I have also included in the Notes all the historical and legendary information requisite for the full understanding of the numerous allusions in the play. I have further prefixed, as in my larger critical edition of T ell - only in a considerably shorter compass-an Introduction comprising a Biographical Notice of the author, the historical and legendary account of the liberation of the Forest Cantons, and finally a Critical Notice of the play. The present issue is, however, not a mere epitome of my larger edition, but is in great part the result of renewed original work, as I have most carefully gone again through the whole drama, leaving actually nothing unexplained which seemed to require ex planation. The Text and the Arguments are the same as in the large book.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.