Understanding Brecht / Walter Brecht ; translated by Anna Bostock ; introduction by Stanley Mitchell.
Author
- Benjamin, Walter 1892-1940 [author]
Other titles
- Versuche über Brecht. English
- Versuche über Brecht. English.
- Versuche uber Brecht.
Published
- London : NLB 1977
Physical description
xix, 124 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN
- 0902308548
- 9780902308541
Notes
- Translation of Versuche über Brecht.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Translation of 'Versuche über Brecht'. Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp, 1966
- Translated from the German.
Contents
- Introduction / Stanley Mitchell -- What is epic theatre? [first version] -- What is epic theatre? [second version] -- Studies for a theory of epic theatre -- From the Brecht commentary -- A family drama in the epic theatre -- The country where it is forbidden to mention the proletariat -- Commentaries on poems by Brecht -- Brecht's Threepenny Novel -- The author as producer -- Conversations with Brecht -- Bibliographical notes -- Index.
Subject
- Brecht, Bertolt 1898-1956.
- Brecht, Bertolt 1898-1956.
- Brecht, Bertolt 1898-1956 Criticism and interpretation.
- Brecht, Bertolt 1898-1956 Political and social views.
- Brecht, Bertolt Eugen Friedrich 1898-1956.
- Brecht, Bertolt.
- Brecht, Bertolt 1898-1956 Criticism and interpretation.
- Theater- Germany History 20th century
- Brecht, Bertolt 1898-1956
- Brecht, Bertolt Criticism and interpretation
- Brecht, Bertolt Political and social views
- Brecht, Bertolt 1898-1956 Political and social views.
- Brecht, Bertolt 1898-1956
- Brecht, Bertolt.
- Dramatists.
- Poets.
- Dramatists Germany.
- German theatre.
- German literature.
- Criticism.
- Literature.
- Literature.
- English.
- Literature: history & criticism.
- Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000.
- Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers.
- German drama.
- Philosophy, German.
- German drama 1900-1945 Critical studies.
- Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956 German literature 1900-1945 Criticism.
- German literature 20th century Criticism and interpretation.
- German literature 20th century History and criticism.
- Poets Biography.
- Dramatists ; Biography
- LITERATURE
- DRAMA
- GERMAN
- THEATRE
- GERMANY
- Drama in German Brecht, Bertolt Critical studies
- Epic theatre - 20th century - History and criticism
- Brecht, Bertolt - Essays
- Brecht, Bertolt - Criticism and interpretation
- Twentieth century cultural theory
- Aesthetics : epic theatre
- Marxism
- 101 drama in German 101 Brecht, Bertolt 201 critical studies
Other names
- Bostock, Anna [translator]
- Mitchell, Stanley [writer of introduction]
Genre
- Bibliography
- text
Language
- English
- German
Summary
- In this volume we find collected together Benjamin's most sensitive and probing writing on the dramatic and poetic work of his friend and tutor Bertolt Brecht. Benjamin's work still exerts an influence over philosophical and cultural thinking today.
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