"Verwisch die Spuren!" : Bertolt Brecht's work and legacy : a reassessment / edited by Robert Gillett and Godela Weiss-Sussex.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gillett, Robert, 1960-

Weiss-Sussex, Godela.

Series:

Publications of the Institute of Germanic Studies ; v. 92.

Amsterdamer Beiträge zur neueren Germanistik ; 66

Publications of the Institute of Germanic Studies (Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London) ; v. 92

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German literature--20th century.

German literature.

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

Brecht, Bertolt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume presents a cross-section of current Brecht studies, reflecting a variety of approaches and perspectives ranging from detailed exegesis of particular texts to cultural criticism in the broadest sense. It provides analyses of Brecht's work and investigates his pervasive influence in 20th century literature. The studies collected here cover the whole of Brecht’s career, from the early one-acter Kleinbürgerhochzeit of 1919 to the Sinn und Form years immediately preceding his death, as well as his use of tradition and his legacy. By way of redressing a tendency in Brecht reception to regard him mainly as a dramatist, the volume covers novels, poetry, film, photography, journalism and theory as well as plays.

Contents:

Preliminary material / Editors \'Verwisch die Spuren!\': Bertolt Brecht’s Work and Legacy

Acknowledgements / Editors \'Verwisch die Spuren!\': Bertolt Brecht’s Work and Legacy

Abbreviations / Editors \'Verwisch die Spuren!\': Bertolt Brecht’s Work and Legacy

Introductory Note / Editors \'Verwisch die Spuren!\': Bertolt Brecht’s Work and Legacy

Der antiaristotelische Roman: Brechts Beitrag zum Roman der klassischen Moderne / Klaus-Detlef Müller

Uncomfortable, Unsettling, Alienating: Brecht’s Poetry of the Unexpected / Peter Hutchinson

“Theatre that shows…”? Reflections on Brecht’s Importance as a Dramatist / Martin Swales

Brecht and the Modern Picaresque / Ernest Schonfield

Brecht’s Die Kleinbürgerhochzeit: A Stück Coming Unstuck? / Marielle Sutherland

Brecht’s Debt to Theatrical Expressionism / Michael Patterson

Von Kaiser zu Brecht: Drama und Prosa / Frank Krause

Photography and Representation in Kracauer, Brecht and Benjamin / Steve Giles

Walter Benjamin und Bertolt Brecht: Bericht über eine Konstellation / Erdmut Wizisla

Bertolt Brecht: Stadtraum und Architektur / Ulrike Zitzlsperger

“Unbewohnbar und doch unverlaßbar”: Brecht in and through Berlin / Andrew Webber

Poetry and Photography: Mastering Reality in the Kriegsfibel / Tom Kuhn

Poetry in Dark Times: Brecht’s Svendborger Gedichte / Ronald Speirs

The Songs and Poems of Brecht’s Furcht und Elend Complex / John White and Ann White

Brechts Leben des Galilei: Eine Interpretation zweier Dramen / Hans-Harald Müller

Brecht and Sinn und Form: Generating Cultural Capital in the Cold War / Stephen Parker

“Zwei Hände Erde”: Brecht on Mortality / David Midgley

“Des toten Dichters gedenkend”: Remembering Brecht in Contemporary German Poetry / Karen Leeder

Brecht in Brechtian Cinema / Martin Brady

“A Ridiculous Thing to Do”: Yvonne Kapp and Brecht in Translation / Godela Weiss-Sussex

Iconoclast or Acolyte? GG Plays BB / Robert Gillett

Authors in this Volume / Editors \'Verwisch die Spuren!\': Bertolt Brecht’s Work and Legacy

Index / Editors \'Verwisch die Spuren!\': Bertolt Brecht’s Work and Legacy.

Notes:

Papers from a conference held at the University of London Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies in February 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

94-012-0610-4

1-4356-8413-3

OCLC:

714567412

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789401206105 DOI