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050 4 _aPT
100 1 _aKleist, Heinrich von,
_d1777-1811
245 1 0 _aPenthesilea
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2004
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penthesilea_(Kleist)
500 _aRelease date is 2004-10-01
508 _aThanks are given to Delphine Lettau for finding a huge collection of ancient German books in London
520 _a"Penthesilea" by Heinrich von Kleist is a tragedy written in 1808. The play reimagines the mythological Amazon queen who enters the Trojan War to capture Greek warriors as potential husbands—a sacred Amazon tradition. When Penthesilea and the hero Achilles meet on the battlefield, they fall passionately in love. But their mutual desire collides violently with Amazon law, which demands that warriors defeat men in combat before claiming them. A devastating misunderstanding transforms love into fury, leading to a shocking climax that explores the dangerous boundary between passion and destruction. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aPenthesilea, Queen of the Amazons -- Drama
653 _aKings and rulers -- Drama
653 _aAchilles (Mythological character) -- Drama
653 _aVerse drama
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6648
999 _c48644
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