The Ghost-Seer; or the Apparitionist; and Sport of Destiny
Friedrich Schiller
Maison d'édition: Good Press
Synopsis
"The Ghost-Seer; or the Apparitionist; and Sport of Destiny" by Friedrich Schiller describes the story of a German prince visiting Venice at carnival time. Right at the start of the work, the Count stresses that this story might sound incredible, but that he had witnessed it with his own eyes. Furthermore, he talks of his disinterest in deceiving the public. Structurally and stylistically it is not a single story, but tells of a Jesuit secret society trying to convert a Protestant German prince to Catholicism and bring him to the throne back home in order to bolster its own power base. Writing of the Prince's fate, Schiller shows him as the key to the conflict between passion and morality, passion and duty.