The New Trial

First-time publication in English, one of Peter Weiss' last works which takes a surreal look at the fortunes of "Josef K," attorney, whose law firm appears to be sincere and appealing to the public while masking a dark, fascistic impulse to ach

List of contents

Preface

Introduction: The Theater of Peter Weiss / James Rolleston and Kai Evers
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Chronology

The New Trial
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The Kafka Connection

Peter Weiss on The New Trial
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A Conversation between Peter Weiss, Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss, and

Anita Brundahl
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Peter Weiss on Dramatic Style
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Peter Weiss on Some Roles in The New Trial
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Jody McAuliffe: Reflections on a Director’s Process

About the author

Peter Weiss

Summary

Fusing Marxist and capitalist perspectives in a manner that anticipates aspects of the current global market expansion, the author evokes a world in which nothing is private and everything is for sale.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Weiss, Weiss, Peter Weiss
• Assisted by: Kai Evers (Translation), James Rolleston (Translation)
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.04.2001
• EAN: 9780822326816
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2681-6
• No. of pages: 128
• Weight: 503 g
• Illustrations: 7 b&w photographs, 8 figures
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Deutsch, Drama, Theaterstücke, Drehbücher