Bertolt Brecht and the David fragments (1919-1921) : an interdisciplinary study / David J. Shepherd, Nicholas E. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shepherd, David, 1972- author.

Johnson, Nicholas E., author.

Series:

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, Scriptural Traces

The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, Scriptural Traces

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.

Brecht, Bertolt.

David, King of Israel.

David.

Bible--In literature.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

[London, England] : T & T Clark, 2020.

Summary:

"This volume offers an examination of Brecht's largely forgotten theatrical fragments of a life of David, written just after the Great War but prior to Brecht winning the Kleist Prize in 1922 and the acclaim that would launch his extraordinary career. David J. Shepherd and Nicholas E. Johnson take as their starting point Brecht's own diaries from the time, which offer a vivid picture of the young Brecht shuttling between Munich and the family home in Augsburg, surrounded by friends, torn between women, desperate for success, and all the while with 'David on the brain'. The analysis of Brecht's David, along with his notebooks and diaries, reveals significant connections between the reception of the Biblical David and one of Germany's most tumultuous cultural periods. Drawing on theatrical experiments conducted with an ensemble from Trinity College Dublin, this volume includes the first ever translation of the David fragments in English, an extensive discussion of the theatrical afterlife of David in the early twentieth century as well as new interdisciplinary insights into the early Brecht: a writer entranced by the biblical David and utterly committed to translating the biblical tradition into his own evolving theatrical idiom."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

List of photographs

List of tables

Acknowledgments

A note on the text

List of abbreviations

Introduction: Brecht's David fragments

Chapter 1: The David fragments in translation

Chapter 2: Brecht's David and the biblical David : Uriah, Bathsheba, Absalom and Jesse

Chapter 3: Brecht's David and the biblical David : Jonathan, Saul and David

Chapter 4: Brecht's David and other adaptations : Feuchtwanger, Zarek and Gide

Chapter 5: The David fragments in practice and performance

Concluding reflections: after David

Bibliography

Index of biblical sources

Index of subjects

Index of authors

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780567685667

0567685667

9780567685650

0567685659

OCLC:

1143616236