Schillerize

English Etymology From en Schiller ize after Friedrich Schiller. Verb To interpret or adapt based on the moral and aesthetic philosophy of Friedrich Schiller. en 1971 Atti Del IIo Congresso Internazionale Di Studi Verdiani 67 Thus Costa gave a lead to all those adapters who have laboured to over-Schillerize the opera, and to eliminate Charles V from it. ' en 1979 M. Benn The Drama of Revolt 97 In 1859 he advises Lassalle to 'Shakespearize' rather than to “Schillerize'. Shakespeare he regards as the supreme poet of the modern world; Schiller seems to him aesthetically unsound and counter-revolutionary. en 2014 Paul McQuillan Martin de Man Paul De Man Notebooks 260 My intention is not to use Schiller as some kind of fall-guy – there is not a text written today which is not Schillerized. en eponyms