Detailed Instructions: In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
Problem:His verse includes a number of love poems, including a Fantasy and a Rapture, dedicated to Laura as well as the historical ballad A Hostage. He justified the need for art by discussing humanitys need to balance its rational and sensual nature with what he termed the the play drive in his On the Aesthetic Education of Man. In another of his works an obstinate father causes the death of his son Ferdinand, who has fallen in love with the musicians daughter, Luise Muller. That play, Intrigue and Love, was preceded by a play about the power struggle between the brothers Karl and Franz and followed by his take on Elizabeth Is Scottish rival and a Trilogy about a general during the Thirty Years War. For ten points, identify this German author of Mary Stuart, The Robbers, and Wallenstein.
Solution:
Literature