| Brecht's Poetry of Political Exile Contributor(s): Speirs, Ronald (Editor) |
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ISBN: 052115443X ISBN-13: 9780521154437 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Poetry | European - German - Literary Criticism | European - General |
| Dewey: 831.912 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in German |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6" W x 9" (0.88 lbs) 270 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Central Europe - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bertolt Brecht, one of the most influential European playwrights of the twentieth century, was also a poet of distinction. This volume is the first comprehensive study devoted to his most important collection of political poetry, the Svendborg Poems. The contributors analyze Brecht's work critically and historically, discussing it in relation to questions of poetics, political commitment, exile, propaganda, rhetoric, and the scope and limitations of political poetry. Links are also drawn with the work of German, Soviet and English poets of the period, and with later German poets. |