War Primer

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.

About the author

Bertold Brecht (1898-1956), the German poet and playwright, was forced into exile in 1933, returning from the USA to Switzerland in 1947, and to east Berlin in 1949. One of his country's greatest 20th century poets, among his most famous plays are The Threepenny Opera, Mother Courage, Life of Galileo and The Caucasian Chalk-Circle.

Report

An album of pity and anger which fixes the evil of war for all time. Observer

Product details

• Authors: Bertolt Brecht, John Willett
• Assisted by: John Willett (Editor)
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781784782085
• ISBN: 978-1-78478-208-5
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 5 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POETRY / General, PHOTOGRAPHY / Photojournalism, Poetry by individual poets, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Photographic reportage, Photojournalism and documentary photography