Bertolt Brecht In America

Author : James K. Lyon
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781400855902

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Bertolt Brecht in America by James K. Lyon Pdf

This colorful account of Bertolt Brecht's move from Germany to America during the Hitler era explores his activities as a Hollywood writer, a playwright determined to conquer Broadway, a political commentator and activist, a social observer, and an exile in an alien land. Originally published in 1980. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : James K. Lyon
Publisher : Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Authors, German
ISBN : PSU:000021527531

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Bertolt Brecht in America by James K. Lyon Pdf

This colorful account of Bertolt Brecht's move from Germany to America during the Hitler era explores his activities as a Hollywood writer, a playwright determined to conquer Broadway, a political commentator and activist, a social observer, and an exile in an alien land. Originally published in 1980. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Stephen Parker
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781408155639

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Bertolt Brecht: A Literary Life by Stephen Parker Pdf

This first English language biography of Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) in two decades paints a strikingly new picture of one of the twentieth century's most controversial cultural icons. Drawing on letters, diaries and unpublished material, including Brecht's medical records, Parker offers a rich and enthralling account of Brecht's life and work, viewed through the prism of the artist. Tracing his extraordinary life, from his formative years in Augsburg, through the First World War, his politicisation during the Weimar Republic and his years of exile, up to the Berliner Ensemble's dazzling productions in Paris and London, Parker shows how Brecht achieved his transformative effect upon world theatre and poetry. Bertolt Brecht: A Literary Life is a powerful portrait of a great, compulsively contradictory personality, whose artistry left its lasting imprint on modern culture.

Author : Patty Lee Parmalee
Publisher : Columbus : Published for Miami University by the Ohio State University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UCSC:32106006648700

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Brecht's America by Patty Lee Parmalee Pdf

Author : Bertolt Brecht
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
Page : 1456 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-04
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780871407689

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The Collected Poems of Bertolt Brecht by Bertolt Brecht Pdf

A landmark literary event, The Collected Poems of Bertolt Brecht is the most extensive English translation of Brecht’s poetry to date. Widely celebrated as the greatest German playwright of the twentieth century, Bertolt Brecht was also, as George Steiner observed, “that very rare phenomenon, a great poet, for whom poetry is an almost everyday visitation and drawing of breath.” Hugely prolific, Brecht also wrote more than two thousand poems—though fewer than half were published in his lifetime, and early translations were heavily censored. Now, award-winning translators David Constantine and Tom Kuhn have heroically translated more than 1,200 poems in the most comprehensive English collection of Brecht’s poetry to date. Written between 1913 and 1956, these poems celebrate Brecht’s unquenchable “love of life, the desire for better and more of it,” and reflect the technical virtuosity of an artist driven by bitter and violent politics, as well as by the untrammeled forces of love and erotic desire. A monumental achievement and a reclamation, The Collected Poems of Bertolt Brecht is a must-have for any lover of twentieth-century poetry.

Author : Meg Mumford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-31
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781351180788

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Bertolt Brecht by Meg Mumford Pdf

Bertolt Brecht’s methods of collective experimentation, and his unique framing of the theatrical event as a forum for change, placed him among the most important contributors to the theory and practice of theatre. His work continues to have a significant impact on performance practitioners, critics and teachers alike. Now revised and reissued, this book combines: an overview of the key periods in Brecht’s life and work a clear explanation of his key theories, including the renowned ideas of Gestus and Verfremdung an account of his groundbreaking 1954 production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle an in-depth analysis of his practical exercises and rehearsal methods. As a first step towards critical understanding, and as an initial exploration before going on to further, primary research, Routledge Performance Practitioners are an invaluable resource for students and scholars.

Author : James K. Lyon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0608063606

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Bertolt Brecht in America by James K. Lyon Pdf

Author : Ela E. Gezen
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781640140240

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Brecht, Turkish Theater, and Turkish-German Literature by Ela E. Gezen Pdf

Uncovers the central role of Brecht reception in Turkish theater and Turkish-German literature, examining interactions between Turkish and German writers, texts, and contexts.

Author : Bertolt Brecht
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781784782085

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War Primer by Bertolt Brecht Pdf

A terrifying series of short poems by one of the world’s leading playwrights, set to images of World War II In this singular book written during World War Two, Bertolt Brecht presents a devastating visual and lyrical attack on war under modern capitalism. He takes photographs from newspapers and popular magazines, and adds short lapidary verses to each in a unique attempt to understand the truth of war using mass media. Pictures of catastrophic bombings, propaganda portraits of leading Nazis, scenes of unbearable tragedy on the battlefield — all these images contribute to an anthology of horror, from which Brecht’s perceptions are distilled in poems that are razor-sharp, angry and direct. The result is an outstanding literary memorial to World War Two and one of the most spontaneous, revealing and moving of Brecht’s works.

Author : Johnstone Campbell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : America
ISBN : STANFORD:36105002413263

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American Culture and the Art of Bertolt Brecht by Johnstone Campbell Pdf

Author : Siegfried Mews,Herbert Knust
Publisher : University of North Carolina S
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1469657953

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Essays on Brecht by Siegfried Mews,Herbert Knust Pdf

These essays represent the push to provide interdisciplinary Brecht research to English-speaking audiences following his death in 1956 and offer novel readings of his works indicative of the major literary questions of the time. The essays explore both Brecht's theoretical approach and political thought, with many also taking a comparative approach to analysis of individual plays. The contributors are Reinhold Grimm, Karl-Heinz Schoeps, Herbert Knust, Hans Meyer, Siegfried Mews, Raymond English, James Lyon, Darko Suvin, Gisela Bahr, Grace Allen, Ralph Ley, John Fuegi, Andrzej Wirth and David Bathrick.

Author : Bertolt Brecht
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Poetry
ISBN : STANFORD:36105017231221

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Bad Time for Poetry by Bertolt Brecht Pdf

This is a selection of the best of Brecht's poems and songs, combining private and public poems from all stages of an intense and turbulent life as well as the most popular lyrics from plays such as Mahagonny and Mother Courage.

Author : Stephen Brockmann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-10
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781108634144

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Bertolt Brecht in Context by Stephen Brockmann Pdf

Bertolt Brecht in Context examines Brecht's significance and contributions as a writer and the most influential playwright of the twentieth century. It explores the specific context from which he emerged in imperial Germany during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as Brecht's response to the turbulent German history of the twentieth century: World Wars One and Two, the Weimar Republic, the Nazi dictatorship, the experience of exile, and ultimately the division of Germany into two competing political blocs divided by the postwar Iron Curtain. Throughout this turbulence, and in spite of it, Brecht managed to remain extraordinarily productive, revolutionizing the theater of the twentieth century and developing a new approach to language and performance. Because of his unparalleled radicalism and influence, Brecht remains controversial to this day. This book – with a Foreword by Mark Ravenhill – lays out in clear and accessible language the shape of Brecht's contribution and the reasons for his ongoing influence.

Author : Bertolt Brecht,Hugh Rorrison,John Willett
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0415912822

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Bertolt Brecht Journals by Bertolt Brecht,Hugh Rorrison,John Willett Pdf

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Bruce Cook
Publisher : New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:49015001193615

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Brecht in Exile by Bruce Cook Pdf