Postmodern Brecht - A Re-Presentation

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Wright Zusammenfassung In this radical and deliberately controversial re-reading of Brecht, first published in 1989, Elizabeth Wright takes a new view of the playwright, giving us a more ‘Brechtian’ reading than so far achieved and making his work historically relevant here and now. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Misunderstanding Brecht: The Critical Scene 2. Brecht in Theory and Practice: Refunctioning the Theatre 3. Theory in Praxis: Comedy as Discourse 4. Placing the Theory: Brecht and Modernity 5. Brecht and Postmodernism: Theatricalizing the Unpresentable 6. The Brechtian Postmodern; Conclusion; References; Index

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Wright, Elizabeth (University of Calgary Wright
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.08.2016
• EAN: 9781138683297
• ISBN: 978-1-138-68329-7
• No. of pages: 154
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Literary Theory; Routledge Library Editions: Literary Theory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Cultural Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, german, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights