Brecht


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Contributing Authors Include Sergey Tretiakov, Hannah Arendt, Eric Bentley And Many Others. Brecht's Theory Of The Stage, World Famous Today, But All Two Often Misunderstood, Is Contrasted With The Rules Of Classic Theater And The Method Of Stanislawsky.




Bertolt Brecht


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First published in 1980, this collection of fifteen original essays touches on a variety of topics related to the genesis of Brecht's works and their impact on contemporary literature, theater, and film. Discussed are Brecht's confrontation with Marxism and its political manifestations, the influence of his work on film and theater practitioners, the uses his literary descendants have made of his political commitment, and much more.




Essays on Brecht


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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.




Berthold Brecht


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Critical essays cover Brecht's The Threepenny Opera, Mother Courage and Her Children, The Good Woman of Sezuan, Galileo, and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.




Bertolt Brecht


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Brecht


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Brecht on Theatre


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Essays of Brecht translated and edited to explain his theories and discussion of his dramatic works.