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Street Scenes : Brecht, Benjamin and Berlin / by Nicholas Whybrow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whybrow, Nicolas.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dramatic criticism.
- Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956--Criticism and interpretation.
- Brecht, Bertolt.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol ; Portland : Intellect Books, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Always the focal point in modern times for momentous political, social and cultural upheaval, Berlin has continued, since the fall of the Wall in 1989, to be a city in transition. As the new capital of a reunified Germany it has embarked on a journey of rapid reconfiguration, involving issues of memory, nationhood and ownership. Bertolt Brecht, meanwhile, stands as one of the principal thinkers about art and politics in the 20th century. The 'Street Scene' model, which was the foundation for his theory of an epic theatre, relied precisely on establishing a connection between art's functioning
- Contents:
- Contents Page; Introduction: Preamble; 1. Terra Terror: the Unlikely Event; 2. Chaussee Strasse: the Last Place; 3. Chausse Strasse: Brecht's Spectacles; 4. Oranienburger Strasse: the Space of Recurrence; 5. Grosse Hamburger Strasse: the Space of Disappearance; 6. Niederkirchner Strasse: Wall Wounds; 7. Potsdamer Platz: White Noise; 8. Strasse des 17 Juni: the Space of (dis)unity; 9. Karl Liebknect Strasse: the Space of Light; Bibliography; Index of Names
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9786610476947
- 9781280476945
- 128047694X
- 9781841509082
- 1841509086
- OCLC:
- 608174741
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