Bertolt Brecht's Dramatic Theory

Detailed analysis of Brecht's extensive theoretical writings on the theater, including newly available works.

List of contents

Introduction
Epic Opera and Epic Theater: "Anmerkungen zur Oper Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny" (1930)
Conceptualizing the Exile Work: "nicht-artistotelisches Theater," "Verfremdung," "Historisierung"
The Dramaturgical Poems and Their Contexts
Preparations for East Berlin: Kleines Organon für das Theater (1948)
"Viel Theorie in Dialogform": The Messingkauf project (1939-1956)
Works Consulted
Index

Summary

Detailed analysis of Brecht's extensive theoretical writings on the theater, including newly available works.

Product details

• Authors: John J. White, Ann White, John J White, John J. White
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2010
• EAN: 9781571134738
• ISBN: 978-1-57113-473-8
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 227 mm x 29 mm
• Weight: 473 g
• Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture; Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture; Studies in German Literature L
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies