Bertolt Brecht: Political Theory and Literary Practice - Softcover

 
9780820334783: Bertolt Brecht: Political Theory and Literary Practice

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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.

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Betty Nance Weber was on the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin until her death in 1979. She had published on German theater and literature and had worked with experimental theater groups producing original scripts. Her study of the chalk circle plays, Brechts Kreidekreis: Eine Interpretation, was one of the volumes chosen to commemorate the eightieth anniversary of Brecht’s birth. Hubert Heinen is a professor emeritus of Germanic languages at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the coauthor of Basic (Spoken) German Grammar and Paths to German Poetry and has published a number of translations of German works.

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