| The Cambridge Companion to Brecht Revised Edition Contributor(s): Thomson, Peter (Editor), Sacks, Glendyr (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521857090 ISBN-13: 9780521857093 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $54.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2007 Annotation: This updated Companion offers students crucial guidance on virtually every aspect of the work of this complex and controversial writer. It brings together the contrasting views of major critics and active practitioners, and this new edition introduces new voices and themes. The opening essays place Brecht??'s creative work in its historical and biographical context and are followed by chapters on single texts, from The Threepenny Opera to The Caucasian Chalk Circle, on some early plays and on the Lehrst??cke. Other essays analyse Brecht??'s directing, his poetry, his interest in music and his work with actors. This revised edition also contains new essays on his early experience of cabaret, his significance in the development of film theory and his unique approach to dramaturgy. A detailed calendar of Brecht??'s life and work and a selective bibliography of English criticism complete this provocative overview of a writer who constantly aimed to provoke. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - German - Drama | European - General |
| Dewey: 832.912 |
| LCCN: 2007273386 |
| Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.34" W x 9.18" (1.55 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This updated Companion offers students crucial guidance on virtually every aspect of the work of this complex and controversial writer. It brings together the contrasting views of major critics and active practitioners, and this edition introduces more voices and themes. The opening essays place Brecht's creative work in its historical and biographical context and are followed by chapters on single texts, from The Threepenny Opera to The Caucasian Chalk Circle, on some early plays and on the Lehrst cke. Other essays analyse Brecht's directing, his poetry, his interest in music and his work with actors. This revised edition also contains additional essays on his early experience of cabaret, his significance in the development of film theory and his unique approach to dramaturgy. A detailed calendar of Brecht's life and work and a selective bibliography of English criticism complete this provocative overview of a writer who constantly aimed to provoke. |
Contributor Bio(s): Thomson, Peter: - Peter Thomson is Professor of Drama at the University of Exeter.Sacks, Glendyr: - Glendyr Sacks was formerly a lecturer in the Drama department at the University of Exeter. |