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Brecht and the GDR : politics, culture, posterity / edited by Laura Bradley and Karen Leeder.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Edinburgh German yearbook ; volume 5.
- Edinburgh German yearbook ; volume 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956--Criticism and interpretation.
- Brecht, Bertolt.
- Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956--Political and social views.
- Socialism and literature--Germany (East).
- Socialism and literature.
- Literature and society--Germany (East).
- Literature and society.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 241 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2023.
- Summary:
- While Bertold Brecht became identified internationally as the cultural figurehead of the GDR, his relationship with the authorities was always complex. This book examines his activities in the GDR and the regime's marginalizing response and posthumous appropriation of his legacy.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- I. Brecht in the GDR
- Undogmatic Marxism: Brecht Rehearses at the Berliner Ensemble
- Lateness and Late Style in Brecht's Last Poetry
- A Life's Work Curtailed? The Ailing Brecht's Struggle with the SED Leadership over GDR Cultural Policy
- Brecht and 17 June 1953: A Reassessment
- II. The Management of Brecht's Legacy
- Private or Public? The Bertolt Brecht Archive as an Object of Desire
- Remembering Brecht: Anniversaries at the Berliner Ensemble
- Brecht's Dependable Disciple in the GDR: Elisabeth Hauptmann
- III. Creative Responses to Brecht's Work
- Musical Threnodies for Brecht
- The Legacy of Brecht in East German Political Song
- Fatzer's Footprints: Brecht's Fatzer and the GDR Theater
- Reviving Saint Joan of the Stockyards: Speculation and Solidarity in the Era of Capitalism Resurgent
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2011.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-57113-779-3
- OCLC:
- 1420507103
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