Essays on Brecht Theater and Politics

These essays represent the push to provide interdisciplinary Brecht research to English-speaking audiences following his death in 1956 and offer novel readings of his works indicative of the major literary questions of the time. The essays explore both Brecht's theoretical approach and politica...

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Other Authors: Mews, Siegfried (Editor), Knust, Herbert (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press 1974
Series:UNC Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures 79
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Summary:These essays represent the push to provide interdisciplinary Brecht research to English-speaking audiences following his death in 1956 and offer novel readings of his works indicative of the major literary questions of the time. The essays explore both Brecht's theoretical approach and political thought, with many also taking a comparative approach to analysis of individual plays. The contributors are Reinhold Grimm, Karl-Heinz Schoeps, Herbert Knust, Hans Meyer, Siegfried Mews, Raymond English, James Lyon, Darko Suvin, Gisela Bahr, Grace Allen, Ralph Ley, John Fuegi, Andrzej Wirth and David Bathrick.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (256 p.)
ISBN:9781469657967_Mews
Access:Open Access