Bertolt Brecht / Philip Glahn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glahn, Philip, author.

Contributor:

Library Stack, distributor.

Series:

RB-Critical Lives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--History--19th century.

Theater.

Theater--History--20th century.

Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956--Criticism and interpretation.

Brecht, Bertolt.

Genre:

Biographies

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Reaktion Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A playwright, poet, and activist, Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) was known for his theory of the epic theater and his attempts to break down the division between high art and popular culture. He was also a committed Marxist who lived through two world wars and a global depression. Looking at Brecht's life and works through his plays, stories, poems, and political essays, Philip Glahn illustrates how they trace a lifelong attempt to relate to the specific social, economic, and political circumstances of the early twentieth century. Glahn reveals how Brecht upended the language and gest

Contents:

Cover; Bertolt Brecht; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; 1. Poet of Crisis, 1898-1923; 2. 'Mehr guten Sport': Brecht in Berlin, 1924-8; 3. Work, Class and the Struggle with Marxism, 1929-33; 4. Early Exile: 'Singing about Dark Times', 1933-41; 5. U.S. Exile: The Dialectics of Alienation and 'Culinary' Art, 1941-7; 6. Realpolitik: Theatre of Socialism, 1947-56; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 9, 2014).

Standard Copyright.

ISBN:

1-78023-301-9

OCLC:

880531356